Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... backe a penny of that three pound . I sav'd thy life ( quoth he ) and will be paide , Although the plot thereof by thee was laide , Th ' effecting it by me thou didst obtaine , Nay , I have ventured hanging for my paine ; And dost thou ...
... backe a penny of that three pound . I sav'd thy life ( quoth he ) and will be paide , Although the plot thereof by thee was laide , Th ' effecting it by me thou didst obtaine , Nay , I have ventured hanging for my paine ; And dost thou ...
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... backe . Give me my mony back againe , Thou slave , the butcher said , Or I will see your devills heart , Before he can be laid : He gets not back againe to hell , Ere I my mony have , And I will have some intrest too , Besides mine 16 ...
... backe . Give me my mony back againe , Thou slave , the butcher said , Or I will see your devills heart , Before he can be laid : He gets not back againe to hell , Ere I my mony have , And I will have some intrest too , Besides mine 16 ...
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... backe , Wherein the itching vermine doe abound , Is all my wealth , and yet my limbes be sound : No sicknesse nor defect in any part , But I detest all labour with my heart : With worke and taking paines I will not deale , Ile rather ...
... backe , Wherein the itching vermine doe abound , Is all my wealth , and yet my limbes be sound : No sicknesse nor defect in any part , But I detest all labour with my heart : With worke and taking paines I will not deale , Ile rather ...
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