Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... fashion , there was a panic in the silk trade , and the weavers of Spitalfields were reduced to a state of the greatest distress . During other panics in the same trade , it has been customary with the London ballad - printers to ...
... fashion , there was a panic in the silk trade , and the weavers of Spitalfields were reduced to a state of the greatest distress . During other panics in the same trade , it has been customary with the London ballad - printers to ...
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... fashion late from France was brought , — He's finer than a beau ! Next I present unto your view A very worthy man ; He is a vintner , by his trade , And Love - ale is his name . If gentlemen propose a glass , He seldom says ' em nay ...
... fashion late from France was brought , — He's finer than a beau ! Next I present unto your view A very worthy man ; He is a vintner , by his trade , And Love - ale is his name . If gentlemen propose a glass , He seldom says ' em nay ...
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... fashion . The maskers generally con- sist of five characters , one of whom officiates in the three - fold capacity of clown , fiddler , and master of the ceremonies . Enter clown , who sings in a sort of chaunt , or recitative , I OPEN ...
... fashion . The maskers generally con- sist of five characters , one of whom officiates in the three - fold capacity of clown , fiddler , and master of the ceremonies . Enter clown , who sings in a sort of chaunt , or recitative , I OPEN ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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