Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... soon . † April showers Bring May flowers . It was at no very distant period a custom , even with people of fashion , to wear a blue coat on the 23rd of April , in honour of St. George . " To hang an egg laid on Ascension day in the roof ...
... soon . † April showers Bring May flowers . It was at no very distant period a custom , even with people of fashion , to wear a blue coat on the 23rd of April , in honour of St. George . " To hang an egg laid on Ascension day in the roof ...
Page 11
... soon you shall see : Lauded be God , I had such speed , That I can write as well as he , And also indite and full well read , And that ( Lord ) soon shall you see , Both English and alsoe French , And also Spanish , if you had need ...
... soon you shall see : Lauded be God , I had such speed , That I can write as well as he , And also indite and full well read , And that ( Lord ) soon shall you see , Both English and alsoe French , And also Spanish , if you had need ...
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... soon as the light they cou'd see ; With him he taketh his lords three , And straight to Paris he took his way . An herriott of arms they made ready , Of men and money they cou'd him pray , And shipps to bring him over the sea , The ...
... soon as the light they cou'd see ; With him he taketh his lords three , And straight to Paris he took his way . An herriott of arms they made ready , Of men and money they cou'd him pray , And shipps to bring him over the sea , The ...
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