Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... quoth a soule that ley for his fees . Those wordes , quoth I , thou shalt nat lees ; Then with these pardons of all degrees , I payed his tole and set hym to quyght , That strayt to heaven he toke his flyght , And I from thens to hell ...
... quoth a soule that ley for his fees . Those wordes , quoth I , thou shalt nat lees ; Then with these pardons of all degrees , I payed his tole and set hym to quyght , That strayt to heaven he toke his flyght , And I from thens to hell ...
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Percy Society. Be sure , quoth he , no tongue can tell , What tyme thou coudest have come so well : For as on thys daye Lucyfer fell , Whiche is our festyvall in hell ... quoth I , amain . I truste thys wrytynge to be sure : Then put lxxii.
Percy Society. Be sure , quoth he , no tongue can tell , What tyme thou coudest have come so well : For as on thys daye Lucyfer fell , Whiche is our festyvall in hell ... quoth I , amain . I truste thys wrytynge to be sure : Then put lxxii.
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... quoth the devyll , we are well pleased ; What is hys name thou woldest have eased ? Nay , quoth I , be it good or evyll , My comynge is for a she devyll . What calste her , quoth he , thou whoorson ? Forsooth , quoth I , Margery Coorson ...
... quoth the devyll , we are well pleased ; What is hys name thou woldest have eased ? Nay , quoth I , be it good or evyll , My comynge is for a she devyll . What calste her , quoth he , thou whoorson ? Forsooth , quoth I , Margery Coorson ...
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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