Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. Quoth he , I will lay you an hundred pounds , A hundred pounds , aye , and ten , That a maid if you go to the merry Broomfield , That a maid you return not again . I'll lay you that wager , the lady she said , Then the ...
Percy Society. Quoth he , I will lay you an hundred pounds , A hundred pounds , aye , and ten , That a maid if you go to the merry Broomfield , That a maid you return not again . I'll lay you that wager , the lady she said , Then the ...
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... pounds a - year , I pawned them for three hundred pounds , That I spent here ; —what makes such frowns ? The vintner said unto him , Sirrah ! Bring me one hundred pounds to - morrow By nine o'clock , -take them again ; So get you out of ...
... pounds a - year , I pawned them for three hundred pounds , That I spent here ; —what makes such frowns ? The vintner said unto him , Sirrah ! Bring me one hundred pounds to - morrow By nine o'clock , -take them again ; So get you out of ...
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... pounds , in yellow - boys , And to the tavern went their ways . This bag they on the table set , Making the vintner for to fret ; He said , Young man ! this will not do , For I was but in jest with you . So then bespoke the young man's ...
... pounds , in yellow - boys , And to the tavern went their ways . This bag they on the table set , Making the vintner for to fret ; He said , Young man ! this will not do , For I was but in jest with you . So then bespoke the young man's ...
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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