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Page 164 - Adjacent unto the Same Made First of All by Our Englishmen, and Afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons: and Certaine Notes of Advertisements for Observations, Necessarie for Such as Shall Heereafter Make the Like Attempt, With Two Mappes Annexed Heereunto for the Plainer Understanding of the Whole Matter.
Page 215 - A Discourse of English Poetrie. Together with the Authors judgment touching the reformation of our English Verse.
Page 94 - Auncient order, societie and unitie laudable of Prince Arthure and his knightly armory of the round table, with a threefold assertion frendly in favour and furtherance of English archery at this day, 1583, 4to.
Page xv - VIII.], who had a great pleasure in him, as well for his sundry noble qualities, as also for his singing, for the King himself being much delighted to sing, and Sir Peter Carew having a pleasant voice, would often use him to sing with him certain songs they call Freemen's Songs, as namely, By the bancke as I lay, and, As I walked the wode so wylde, etc.
Page iii - SOCIETY desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in the Societyis publications; the Editors of the several Works being alone responsible for the same.
Page 120 - Green-sleeves was all my joy, Green-sleeves was my delight, Green-sleeves was my heart of gold ; And who but Lady Green-sleeves ?
Page 219 - A TREATISE OF MELANCHOLIE. Containing the Causes thereof, and reasons of the strange effects it worketh in our minds and bodies ; with the phisicke cure and spiritual!
Page 184 - Alarum against Vsurers. Containing tryed experiences against worldly abuses. Wherein Gentlemen may finde good counsells to confirme them, and pleasant Histories to delight them : and euery thing so interlaced with varietie : as the curious may be satisfied with rarenesse, and the curteous with pleasure.
Page 134 - WILLIAM Lord Grey of Wilton, KG, by his son Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton, KG With a Memoir of the Author, and illustrative Documents. Edited by Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton.

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