Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... thou alive wert hated , So dead , to doggs thou shalt be segregated . EXCISEMAN . I'de laugh at that ; I would thou didst but dare To lay thy fingers on me ; I'de not spare To hack thy carkass till my sword was broken , I'de make thee ...
... thou alive wert hated , So dead , to doggs thou shalt be segregated . EXCISEMAN . I'de laugh at that ; I would thou didst but dare To lay thy fingers on me ; I'de not spare To hack thy carkass till my sword was broken , I'de make thee ...
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... thou there didst reign , While our house stands come there again , Come quickly while there is one ; If thou stay but a little fit , But five years more , they will commit The whole town to a prison . To see it thus , much grieved was I ...
... thou there didst reign , While our house stands come there again , Come quickly while there is one ; If thou stay but a little fit , But five years more , they will commit The whole town to a prison . To see it thus , much grieved was I ...
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... thou not wakened me out of my sleep , When thou didst my lady behold ? Dear master , I barked with my mouth when she came , And likewise my collar I shook ; And told you that here was the beautiful dame , But no notice of me then you ...
... thou not wakened me out of my sleep , When thou didst my lady behold ? Dear master , I barked with my mouth when she came , And likewise my collar I shook ; And told you that here was the beautiful dame , But no notice of me then you ...
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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