Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 20Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... 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 of an house , preserveth it from all hurts . " - Scott's Discovery of Witch- craft , p . 152 , * See a various version ...
... 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 of an house , preserveth it from all hurts . " - Scott's Discovery of Witch- craft , p . 152 , * See a various version ...
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... wear the crown , So doth expresse the prophecye ! He gave me tax and toland , And also diamonds to my degree , To gett me a prince when it pleaseth Christ , The world is not as it will be : Therefore , good father Stanley , grant my ...
... wear the crown , So doth expresse the prophecye ! He gave me tax and toland , And also diamonds to my degree , To gett me a prince when it pleaseth Christ , The world is not as it will be : Therefore , good father Stanley , grant my ...
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... wear the crowne , Well accquited the King of France shall be : Then answered the King of France anon , Men nor money he getteth none of me , Nor no shipps to bring him over the sea ; In England if he wear the crowne , Then will he claim ...
... wear the crowne , Well accquited the King of France shall be : Then answered the King of France anon , Men nor money he getteth none of me , Nor no shipps to bring him over the sea ; In England if he wear the crowne , Then will he claim ...
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