Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 9Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 135
... shillings pieces in new gold . To which heape of worldly temptation thus much hee addes in words , that either he himselfe , or such a gentleman ( to whom he belongs ) hath an occasion for foure or five dayes to use forty pound . But ...
... shillings pieces in new gold . To which heape of worldly temptation thus much hee addes in words , that either he himselfe , or such a gentleman ( to whom he belongs ) hath an occasion for foure or five dayes to use forty pound . But ...
Page 136
... shillings in the whole summe , at which the Jacke in a boxe starting backe ( as if it were a matter strange unto him ) , at last ( making a gathering within himselfe for his wits ) he remembers , he sayes , that he layd by so much money ...
... shillings in the whole summe , at which the Jacke in a boxe starting backe ( as if it were a matter strange unto him ) , at last ( making a gathering within himselfe for his wits ) he remembers , he sayes , that he layd by so much money ...
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... shillings , for the truth thereof , and Maister Hobson they agreed upon to bee their judge of the difference : so after Maister Hobson had knowledge thereof , the one came to him , and as a present , gave him a very faire pidgion pye ...
... shillings , for the truth thereof , and Maister Hobson they agreed upon to bee their judge of the difference : so after Maister Hobson had knowledge thereof , the one came to him , and as a present , gave him a very faire pidgion pye ...
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ALEXANDER DYCE Bankes BAY HORSE booth bull-baiting coaches Congreve cunning devill divell dost doth downe drinke Duchess of Marlborough F.S.A. THOMAS fashion feare fellow foole Frost Fair frozen gentleman George Berkeley grace gull haberdasher hand Harts hast hath heare heart heere hell honest horse husband I'le Iohn kind landlord live London London Bridge Lord Maister Hob Mandilions Marocco merry mony ne're neighbours never Percy Society PETER CUNNINGHAM poem poet poore pray printed purse Queene quoth Maister Hobson River Thames roasted Rowlands sayd sayes scurvy servant shew shillings shore sweare taverne tearme thaw thee theeves there's thing thinke Thomson tobacco tract trade tricks twas unto villaine ware weare wench whome whore wife WILLIAM WILLIAM CHAPPELL William Congreve WILLIAM SANDYS wine withall wonder