Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 81
... unto the place , To se the tricket and trimmed tent , For suche a ladyes grace . And after I had viewed Eache thing within her seate , I found a knotte of peerlesse points ‡ Beset with posyes§ neate . * Press ; go hastily . † Neat ...
... unto the place , To se the tricket and trimmed tent , For suche a ladyes grace . And after I had viewed Eache thing within her seate , I found a knotte of peerlesse points ‡ Beset with posyes§ neate . * Press ; go hastily . † Neat ...
Page 159
... unto him with a meek salute , In reverence of his gilded velvet sute . ' Sir , ' quoth his man , ' your worship doth not know What you have done , to wrong your credit so ; This is the bewle in Dutch , in English plain The rascal ...
... unto him with a meek salute , In reverence of his gilded velvet sute . ' Sir , ' quoth his man , ' your worship doth not know What you have done , to wrong your credit so ; This is the bewle in Dutch , in English plain The rascal ...
Page 214
... unto him then a wife , The cloak he bestow'd unto her for her life , As being too short , not reaching his ankle , And so she converted the cloak to a mantle . This mantle when dying she left Father Chop- As being but little , and here ...
... unto him then a wife , The cloak he bestow'd unto her for her life , As being too short , not reaching his ankle , And so she converted the cloak to a mantle . This mantle when dying she left Father Chop- As being but little , and here ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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