Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... poore , from high to low degree : Therefore I thinke that man is truly blest , That neither cares for wealth nor povertie , But laughs at Fortune , and her foolerie , That gives rich churles great store of golde and fee , And lets poore ...
... poore , from high to low degree : Therefore I thinke that man is truly blest , That neither cares for wealth nor povertie , But laughs at Fortune , and her foolerie , That gives rich churles great store of golde and fee , And lets poore ...
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... the letters levered shall be . He receaved the letters sixe , Into the weste wynde wolde he ; Then meteth hym that ladye brighte , She said , abide , Humfrey , and speake with me . A poore rewarde I shall the gyve , Yt shall 52 LADY BESSY .
... the letters levered shall be . He receaved the letters sixe , Into the weste wynde wolde he ; Then meteth hym that ladye brighte , She said , abide , Humfrey , and speake with me . A poore rewarde I shall the gyve , Yt shall 52 LADY BESSY .
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Percy Society. A poore rewarde I shall the gyve , Yt shall be but poundes three ; Yf I be Queene and may lyve , Better rewarded shall thou be : A litill witt God hath sent me , When thou rydest into the weste , the take noe companye I ...
Percy Society. A poore rewarde I shall the gyve , Yt shall be but poundes three ; Yf I be Queene and may lyve , Better rewarded shall thou be : A litill witt God hath sent me , When thou rydest into the weste , the take noe companye I ...
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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