Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... doth ensew And fall upon the poore , For want of woll and flax of late Which mounstrus hose devore , I will not speake , for that I think Eache man doth knowe the same , And cheafely thouse that till the growend , The husband menne by ...
... doth ensew And fall upon the poore , For want of woll and flax of late Which mounstrus hose devore , I will not speake , for that I think Eache man doth knowe the same , And cheafely thouse that till the growend , The husband menne by ...
Page 123
... Doth first itself disclose , But so high it turns , that oft it burns With the flames of a torrid nose . The stilletto - beard , oh ! it makes me afeard , It is so sharp beneath , For he that doth place a dagger in's face , What wears ...
... Doth first itself disclose , But so high it turns , that oft it burns With the flames of a torrid nose . The stilletto - beard , oh ! it makes me afeard , It is so sharp beneath , For he that doth place a dagger in's face , What wears ...
Page 124
... doth invest a bishop's breast But a milk - white spreading hair ? Which an emblem may be of integrity , Which doth inhabit there . I have also seen on a woman's chin A hair or two to grow , But , alas , the face it is too cold a place ...
... doth invest a bishop's breast But a milk - white spreading hair ? Which an emblem may be of integrity , Which doth inhabit there . I have also seen on a woman's chin A hair or two to grow , But , alas , the face it is too cold a place ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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