Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... tell and to relate the number of people who have often need of the weaver . People ought to love them much , both king , and duke , and earl . Of all who are weavers , for God's sake , I tell and relate to them , and pray and ask them ...
... tell and to relate the number of people who have often need of the weaver . People ought to love them much , both king , and duke , and earl . Of all who are weavers , for God's sake , I tell and relate to them , and pray and ask them ...
Page 143
... Tell me , whence hadst thy cloaths that make thee fine , Was't not the silly sheep's before ' twas thine ? Doth not the silk - worm , and the oxe's hide , Serve to maintain thee in thy cheefest pride ? Do'st not thou often with those ...
... Tell me , whence hadst thy cloaths that make thee fine , Was't not the silly sheep's before ' twas thine ? Doth not the silk - worm , and the oxe's hide , Serve to maintain thee in thy cheefest pride ? Do'st not thou often with those ...
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... Tell me no more that long hair can Argue deboystness in a man ; For ' tis religious , being inclined , To keep the temples from the wind . A. S. Tell me no more that roarers waire Their hair extent below their ear : For having morgaged ...
... Tell me no more that long hair can Argue deboystness in a man ; For ' tis religious , being inclined , To keep the temples from the wind . A. S. Tell me no more that roarers waire Their hair extent below their ear : For having morgaged ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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