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... better spede . Pard . Nowe is your owne confessyon lykely To make yourselfe $ 3 a fool quickly . For I perceyve ye wolde obtayn No other 54 thynge for all your payne , But onely grace your soule to save : Now mark in this what wyt ye ...
... better spede . Pard . Nowe is your owne confessyon lykely To make yourselfe $ 3 a fool quickly . For I perceyve ye wolde obtayn No other 54 thynge for all your payne , But onely grace your soule to save : Now mark in this what wyt ye ...
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... better tary a thing then 80 have it , Then go to sone , and vaynly crave it . Pard . The longer ye dwell in communicacion The lesse shall ye lyke thys ymagynacion . For ye 81 may perceyve even at the fyrst chop Your tale is trapt in ...
... better tary a thing then 80 have it , Then go to sone , and vaynly crave it . Pard . The longer ye dwell in communicacion The lesse shall ye lyke thys ymagynacion . For ye 81 may perceyve even at the fyrst chop Your tale is trapt in ...
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... better brest , the lesser rest : " upon which he makes this observation : " In singing , the sound is originally produced by the action of the lungs ; which are so essential an organ in this respect , that to have a good breast was ...
... better brest , the lesser rest : " upon which he makes this observation : " In singing , the sound is originally produced by the action of the lungs ; which are so essential an organ in this respect , that to have a good breast was ...
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... better of you both ! Ped . Yet , be ye sewer , for all thys dout , This waytynge must be brought about . Men cannat prosper wylfully ledde ; All things decay 122 where is no hedde . Wherfore , doubtlesse , marke what I say , To one of ...
... better of you both ! Ped . Yet , be ye sewer , for all thys dout , This waytynge must be brought about . Men cannat prosper wylfully ledde ; All things decay 122 where is no hedde . Wherfore , doubtlesse , marke what I say , To one of ...
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... Better - beste , 1st edit . 225 And likewise I , & c . - First edition reads , " And I lykewyse , I make God a vowe . " To any one vertue is moved moste , That man. Wherfore , consydered with true entente , Hys lye to be so evident , And ...
... Better - beste , 1st edit . 225 And likewise I , & c . - First edition reads , " And I lykewyse , I make God a vowe . " To any one vertue is moved moste , That man. Wherfore , consydered with true entente , Hys lye to be so evident , And ...
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Abig Alex Amor Apel Aristippus Barabas Ben Jonson Bonam brest Campaspe cham Chat court Crom crowns Damon death Diccon Dionisius Dond doth Dr Rat Duke edit Enter Eubulus Euphues Exeunt Exit faith farewell father fear Ferrex Friar Gammer Gaveston gentlemen Gorboduc grace Grimme Grut hand hart hath hear heart heaven Hodge honour Itha Ithamore Jacke king knave lady Leucoth live lord lord Cobham Lucy madam Manes master master constable Morel Mortimer neele never night noble PALLATINE pardon Pert Phil Philocles Pithias Poly POLYMETES Porrex pray prince Psyl Queen Shal shew Sir John sir John Oldcastle Sir Rad sonne soul speak stay Steph sweet tell thee there's thine thing thou art thou shalt Thwack Timoclea unto William Davenant wold word wyll
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Page 263 - I filled the jails with bankrupts in a year, And with young orphans planted hospitals, And every moon made some or other mad, And now and then one hang himself for grief, Pinning upon his breast a long great scroll How I with interest tormented him.
Page 191 - Something still buzzeth in mine ears, And tells me if I sleep I never wake; This fear is that which makes me tremble thus. And therefore tell me, wherefore art thou come ? Light.
Page 544 - False colours last after the true be dead. Of all the roses grafted on her cheeks, Of all the graces dancing in her eyes, Of all the music set upon her tongue, Of all that was past woman's excellence, In her white bosom ; look, a painted board Circumscribes all...
Page 167 - This which I urge is of a burning zeal To mend the king and do our country good. Know you not Gaveston hath store of gold, Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends As he will front the mightiest of us all?
Page 186 - I might ! but heavens and earth conspire To make me miserable. Here, receive my crown. Receive it ? no, these innocent hands of mine Shall not be guilty of so foul a crime...
Page 178 - Treacherous Warwick ! traitorous Mortimer ! If I be England's king, in lakes of gore Your headless trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same...
Page 178 - By earth, the common mother of us all, By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof, By this right hand, and by my father's sword, And all the honours 'longing to my crown, I will have heads, and lives for him, as many As I have manors, castles, towns, and towers!
Page 263 - As for myself, I walk abroad a-nights, And kill sick people groaning under walls : Sometimes I go about, and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'm go pinioned along by my door.
Page 167 - He's gone, and for his absence thus I mourn. Did never sorrow go so near my heart As doth the want of my sweet Gaveston ; And could my crown's revenue bring him back, I would freely give it to his enemies, And think I gain'd, having bought so dear a friend.
Page 190 - To murder you, my most gracious lord ! Far is it from my heart to do you harm. The queen sent me to see how you were...