Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page xxxiii
... leve this wawlyng ? Howe the dyvell dost thou thy self behave ? Shall we ever have this worke , thou knave ? Johan . What , wyfe , how sayst you , was it well gest of me That thou woldest be come home in safete ? Assone as I had kendled ...
... leve this wawlyng ? Howe the dyvell dost thou thy self behave ? Shall we ever have this worke , thou knave ? Johan . What , wyfe , how sayst you , was it well gest of me That thou woldest be come home in safete ? Assone as I had kendled ...
Page xli
... leve , To chastyce her for her shreude varyeng . " By this time , they are supposed to have reached the house , when the husband is greeted by his wife with , — " The devyll take the for thy long taryeng . " and ordered , in no civil ...
... leve , To chastyce her for her shreude varyeng . " By this time , they are supposed to have reached the house , when the husband is greeted by his wife with , — " The devyll take the for thy long taryeng . " and ordered , in no civil ...
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... leve withowt labor , yet wher ys any But for that one plesewr , he hathe mor payne Then the wytty wurker in all dothe sustayne . What wretche so ferythe payne havyn eny wytt Lyke the wyttles wretche ? -none ! yf ye mark hyt ; Who cometh ...
... leve withowt labor , yet wher ys any But for that one plesewr , he hathe mor payne Then the wytty wurker in all dothe sustayne . What wretche so ferythe payne havyn eny wytt Lyke the wyttles wretche ? -none ! yf ye mark hyt ; Who cometh ...
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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