Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 21
... Bear water , bear woodd , and do yn drugery ; In kychyon , cole howse , and in the nursery WIT AND FOLLY . 21.
... Bear water , bear woodd , and do yn drugery ; In kychyon , cole howse , and in the nursery WIT AND FOLLY . 21.
Page 36
... bear abun- dant crops of corn ; consequently , if in this month the weather is such as to make the highways dusty , the country will be bene- fited to the amount of a " king's ransom . " In German there is a similar saying : " Ein loth ...
... bear abun- dant crops of corn ; consequently , if in this month the weather is such as to make the highways dusty , the country will be bene- fited to the amount of a " king's ransom . " In German there is a similar saying : " Ein loth ...
Page 62
... bear a goose before Christmas , it will not bear a duck afterwards . A merry Christmas * and a happy new year . The twelve days of Christmas.t As white as driven snow on a winter's day . As dark as a Yule midnight . Everyday's no Yule ...
... bear a goose before Christmas , it will not bear a duck afterwards . A merry Christmas * and a happy new year . The twelve days of Christmas.t As white as driven snow on a winter's day . As dark as a Yule midnight . Everyday's no Yule ...
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agayne anon Bessie Bessye betwene brynge Candlemas countrey cowntrye dede devyll doth Earle of Derbye Earle Richmond eche England fair father Stanley fayth Frere fyre fyrst gold graunt gyve hart hast hath Heywood Humfrey Breerton Humphrey Brereton JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL JEROME JOHN HEYWOOD King Richard kynde Kynge lady lett loke London Lord Strange Lover loved lover nor loved Mary mayster merry Mery mules three myght never night nyghte Pardo Percy Society play plesewrs pray praye proverb prynce rain schall seae shalbe shee shyne Sir John Savage Sir William Stanley Somer sonne sott soule staind sweet syns tell thee theyr thou shalt thowsand thyngs thynk truely twayne tyme Vertue weather whyche whyt wind wolde words wyfe wyll wynde wyse wytt wyttles wytty yere yf ye Yule