 | Washington Irving - Americans - 1888 - 624 pages
...hall of Queen's of my readers as are curious in these grave and learned matters, I give it entire : The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays...I understand, Is the rarest dish in all this land. The table was literally loaded with good cheer, and presented an epitome of country abundance, in this... | |
 | English literature - 1888 - 912 pages
...mustarde." The second is the Carol used at the present time. " The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedecked with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you, my masters, be merry Quot estis in convivio. The boar's head as I understand, Is the bravest dish in all the land, When thus bedecked with a gay... | |
 | Bee Bee (pseud.) - 1888 - 140 pages
...College ; and here is the version of the old 15th-century carol which is still sung on the occasion :— "The Boar's Head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary, And I pray you, Masters, be merry, Qui estis in convivio. The Boar's Head, as I understand, Is the bravest dish in... | |
 | Theodor Georg von Karajan - Ballads, English - 1889 - 188 pages
...1810. I believe that it is an effigy of a boar's head, carved in wood, which is brought to the table. A boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary; And I pray you , my nmstcrs , be merry , Quot estis in convivio; — Caput apri defero, Red den s laudes Domino« The boar's... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains (N.Y.) - 1890 - 570 pages
...masters, be merry Quot estis in convivio. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes domino. The boar's head, as T understand, Is the rarest dish in all this land, Which...bedeck'd with a gay garland Let us servire cantico. Caput iipri defero, etc. Our steward hath provided this In honor of the King of Bliss, Which on this day... | |
 | Harrison Smith Morris - Christmas - 1891 - 268 pages
...Songs. THE BOAR'S HEAD CAROL. BUNG AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD. The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedecked with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you, my masters, be merry, Quot estis in convivo. Caput apri defero Reddens laudes domino. The boar's head, as I understand, Is the rarest dish... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England) - Oxford (England) - 1891 - 630 pages
...Angliae ' edit. 1679. Crouch of Balliol. I have them among Mr. (Andrew) Allam's notes.] [The B Boares head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rose-mary And I pray you, Masters, merry be Quotqnot estis in convivio. Chorus. Caput Apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. 1 substituted... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...acceptable to such of my readers as are curious in these grave and learned matters, I give it entire : The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary ; The table was literally loaded with good cheer, and presented an epitome of country abundance in... | |
 | Washington Irving - American fiction - 1894 - 280 pages
...acceptable to such of my readers as are curious in these grave and learned matters, I give it entire. The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays"...Which thus bedeck'd with a gay garland Let us servire cantico8. Caput apri defero, &c. Our steward hath provided this In honour of the King of Bliss, Which... | |
 | Washington Irving - Readers - 1894 - 422 pages
...acceptable to such of my readers as are curious in these grave and learned matters, I give it entire. " The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays...my masters, be merry Quot estis in convivio. Caput aprl defero, Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head, as I understand, Is the rarest dish in all this... | |
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The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you, my masters, be merry Quot estis in convivio. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes domino. 
