Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... thee petticoats of the best , The cloth so fine as fine might be : I gave thee jewels for thy chest ; And all this cost I spent on thee . Greensleeves , & c . Thy smock of silk both fair and white , With gold embroider'd gorgeously ...
... thee petticoats of the best , The cloth so fine as fine might be : I gave thee jewels for thy chest ; And all this cost I spent on thee . Greensleeves , & c . Thy smock of silk both fair and white , With gold embroider'd gorgeously ...
Page 143
... thee . " SEE how some borrow'd off - cast vaine attire , Can puff up pamper'd clay and dirty mire : 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 ...
... thee . " SEE how some borrow'd off - cast vaine attire , Can puff up pamper'd clay and dirty mire : 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 ...
Page 182
... thee , I conjure thee , By the ribands in thy hatt , By thy pretty lac'd cravat , By the ribands round thy bum , Which is brac'd much like a drum , By thy dangling pantaloons , And thy ruffling port cannons , By thy friezeld perriwigge ...
... thee , I conjure thee , By the ribands in thy hatt , By thy pretty lac'd cravat , By the ribands round thy bum , Which is brac'd much like a drum , By thy dangling pantaloons , And thy ruffling port cannons , By thy friezeld perriwigge ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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