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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... give thee two fine pretie cubs , With two yong whelps , to make thee sport withall , A golden racket , and a tennis - ball . A guilded nutmeg , and a race of ginger , A silken girdle , and a drawn - worke band , Cuffs for thy wrists , a ...
... give thee two fine pretie cubs , With two yong whelps , to make thee sport withall , A golden racket , and a tennis - ball . A guilded nutmeg , and a race of ginger , A silken girdle , and a drawn - worke band , Cuffs for thy wrists , a ...
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... give will , I trust , be considered sufficiently explanatory and well - fitted for the nonce , viz.:— 66 " It is good to cry Yule at another man's cost . " This was , I understand , some fifty years ago , a common ' cry , " in the ...
... give will , I trust , be considered sufficiently explanatory and well - fitted for the nonce , viz.:— 66 " It is good to cry Yule at another man's cost . " This was , I understand , some fifty years ago , a common ' cry , " in the ...
Page 66
... Give us of your white bread , But none of your grey . Hagmena , Hagmena ; Give us cake and cheese , And let us go away . * Blessed be St. Stephen , There's no fasting on his even ! † If you bleed your nag on St. Stephen's - day , ‡ He ...
... Give us of your white bread , But none of your grey . Hagmena , Hagmena ; Give us cake and cheese , And let us go away . * Blessed be St. Stephen , There's no fasting on his even ! † If you bleed your nag on St. Stephen's - day , ‡ He ...
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