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... To pulverize rebellion , and that Wee dare use you as slaves . Bee you to warn
' d , sir , Since this is my last caution . I have seene A murmurer , like your selfe ,
for his attemptinge To rayse sedition in Rome ' s provinces , Hang ' d up in such ...
... To pulverize rebellion , and that Wee dare use you as slaves . Bee you to warn
' d , sir , Since this is my last caution . I have seene A murmurer , like your selfe ,
for his attemptinge To rayse sedition in Rome ' s provinces , Hang ' d up in such ...
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... of the clogs which hang by their jowls . Now they want no linen to bear bosses
in ; ~ they sit like a slit swine which hangs its ears . - Such a justling contrivance
Such a joustynde gyn uch wrecche wol weren , Al POEMS ON COSTUME . 41.
... of the clogs which hang by their jowls . Now they want no linen to bear bosses
in ; ~ they sit like a slit swine which hangs its ears . - Such a justling contrivance
Such a joustynde gyn uch wrecche wol weren , Al POEMS ON COSTUME . 41.
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The medieval fable , modernized by La Fontaine , of the rats in council ,
proposing to hang a bell round the neck of the cat , is here alluded to . It was very
popular in the middle ages ; but is nowhere better told than in Pier ' s Plowmans
Vision ...
The medieval fable , modernized by La Fontaine , of the rats in council ,
proposing to hang a bell round the neck of the cat , is here alluded to . It was very
popular in the middle ages ; but is nowhere better told than in Pier ' s Plowmans
Vision ...
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Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | |
SONG UPON THE TALORS | 1 |
THE MERCER | 7 |
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27 Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 27 of Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Publisher | Percy society, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
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