Early English Poetry, Ballads and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Ed. from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications ...Percy society, 1965 - English literature |
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... Fair white linnen , Or a fair cambrick frock on : Yet for pride , Jane Shore died , Some say with never a smock on . The politician Calls ambition By the name of honour ; But fortune Spoils our tune , A mischief light upon her . FOURTH ...
... Fair white linnen , Or a fair cambrick frock on : Yet for pride , Jane Shore died , Some say with never a smock on . The politician Calls ambition By the name of honour ; But fortune Spoils our tune , A mischief light upon her . FOURTH ...
Page 93
... fair lies before ye ; So famous and antient their honour begun , When Adam first delv'd and our mother Eve spun . Nor the gold , nor the pearl old England shall lack , You send out your cloth , and the Indies come back . On your fair ...
... fair lies before ye ; So famous and antient their honour begun , When Adam first delv'd and our mother Eve spun . Nor the gold , nor the pearl old England shall lack , You send out your cloth , and the Indies come back . On your fair ...
Page 94
... fair , These compounds of lyon and eagle wait there . The lyon , ' tis true , sirs , In homage to you , sirs , As lord of the land , and the eagle of the ayr , To the Clothworkers glory their fealty bear . The thistle , the Clothworkers ...
... fair , These compounds of lyon and eagle wait there . The lyon , ' tis true , sirs , In homage to you , sirs , As lord of the land , and the eagle of the ayr , To the Clothworkers glory their fealty bear . The thistle , the Clothworkers ...
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