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Page 44
... cold as any stone ; For , in my mind , of all mankind I love but you alone . For an outlaw this is the law , That men him take and bind : Without pitie , hangèd to be , And waver with the wind . If I had need ( as God forbede ! ) What ...
... cold as any stone ; For , in my mind , of all mankind I love but you alone . For an outlaw this is the law , That men him take and bind : Without pitie , hangèd to be , And waver with the wind . If I had need ( as God forbede ! ) What ...
Page 47
... Ye would answere whosoever it were , In way of companỳ : It is said of old , Soon hot , soon cold ; And so is a woman : Wherefore I to the wood will go , Alone , a banished man . She . If ye take heed , it is no 47 ANONYMOUS.
... Ye would answere whosoever it were , In way of companỳ : It is said of old , Soon hot , soon cold ; And so is a woman : Wherefore I to the wood will go , Alone , a banished man . She . If ye take heed , it is no 47 ANONYMOUS.
Page 55
... cold , And frost it freezeth on every hill , And Boreas blows his blast so bold That all our cattle are like to spill . Bell , my wife , she loves no strife ; She said unto me quietlye , Rise up , and save cow Crumbock's life ! Man ...
... cold , And frost it freezeth on every hill , And Boreas blows his blast so bold That all our cattle are like to spill . Bell , my wife , she loves no strife ; She said unto me quietlye , Rise up , and save cow Crumbock's life ! Man ...
Page 65
... cold , Plaining in vain unto the moon : Thy wishes then dare not be told : Care then who list ! for I have done . And then may chance thee to repent The time that thou has lost and spent To cause thy lover's sigh and swoon : Then shalt ...
... cold , Plaining in vain unto the moon : Thy wishes then dare not be told : Care then who list ! for I have done . And then may chance thee to repent The time that thou has lost and spent To cause thy lover's sigh and swoon : Then shalt ...
Page 77
... cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old . Back and side go bare , go bare ; Both foot and hand go cold ; 48. freikis ] men , warriors . 1543-1608 wight wapins ] stout weapons . flittis ] are at Titan ] over ...
... cold ; I stuff my skin so full within Of jolly good ale and old . Back and side go bare , go bare ; Both foot and hand go cold ; 48. freikis ] men , warriors . 1543-1608 wight wapins ] stout weapons . flittis ] are at Titan ] over ...
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