Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 27Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 147
... women , & c . Both round and short they cut their hayre , Whose length should women grace ; Loose , like themselves , their hatts they weare ; And when they come in place , Where courtshipp and complements must bee , They do it like men ...
... women , & c . Both round and short they cut their hayre , Whose length should women grace ; Loose , like themselves , their hatts they weare ; And when they come in place , Where courtshipp and complements must bee , They do it like men ...
Page 149
... women , all whom this concerns , Though you offended be ; And now in foule and rayling tearms Do swagger and scold at me ; I tell you , if you mind not your waies , The devil will fetch you all , one of these days . O women , monstrous ...
... women , all whom this concerns , Though you offended be ; And now in foule and rayling tearms Do swagger and scold at me ; I tell you , if you mind not your waies , The devil will fetch you all , one of these days . O women , monstrous ...
Page 206
... women alone , When idler fashions they have of their own ? With ramelie wigs and muffetees . For the finical beaux we care not a fig , At us the fribbles may strut and look big , In their spencers , bobs , and ramelies ; Their wigs ...
... women alone , When idler fashions they have of their own ? With ramelie wigs and muffetees . For the finical beaux we care not a fig , At us the fribbles may strut and look big , In their spencers , bobs , and ramelies ; Their wigs ...
Contents
SATIRICAL SONGS AND POEMS ON COSTUME | 1 |
THE MERCER 7 | 7 |
THE SHOEMAKER 16 | 16 |
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