Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... pray you tell to me , what may your calling be , Are you not a serving - man ? HUSBAND - MAN . No , no , my brother dear , what makes you to enquire Of any such a thing at my hand ? Indeed I shall not feign , but I will tell you plain ...
... pray you tell to me , what may your calling be , Are you not a serving - man ? HUSBAND - MAN . No , no , my brother dear , what makes you to enquire Of any such a thing at my hand ? Indeed I shall not feign , but I will tell you plain ...
Page 110
... Pray , thee , good fellow , what hast in thy jug , Which under thy arm thou dost lovingly hug ? By the mass ! quoth the tinkler , its nappy brown ale , And for to drink to thee , friend , I will not fail ; For altho ' thy jacket looks ...
... Pray , thee , good fellow , what hast in thy jug , Which under thy arm thou dost lovingly hug ? By the mass ! quoth the tinkler , its nappy brown ale , And for to drink to thee , friend , I will not fail ; For altho ' thy jacket looks ...
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... pray . When thou hast made thy friends thy foes , Pawned all thy lands , and sold thy cloathes ; Break ope the door , and there depend To find something thy griefs to end . Thus being spoke , the son did say , Your dying words I will ...
... pray . When thou hast made thy friends thy foes , Pawned all thy lands , and sold thy cloathes ; Break ope the door , and there depend To find something thy griefs to end . Thus being spoke , the son did say , Your dying words I will ...
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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