| Lady - 1807 - 232 页
...piace ! " Now, naye, my liege, be not in such speede, For alacke ! I can neither write ne reade." Fotu1 nobles a weeke then I will give thee, For this merry jest thon hast showne onto mee ; And tell the old Abbot when thon context home. Thou hast bronght him a... | |
| 1819 - 394 页
...Then four pounds a week will I give unto thee, ' For this merry true jest thou hast told unto me ; ' And tell the old abbot when thou comest home, ' Thou hast brought him a pardon from good King John.' BALLAD XVII. THE SCOTCHMAN OUTWITTED BY THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER. • COLD and raw the North did blow,... | |
| John Struthers - 1822 - 276 页
...place !" " Now nave, my liege, be not in such speede, For alacke I can neither write, ne reade." " Four nobles a weeke, then I will give thee, For this merry jest thou hast shown unto mee; And tell the old abbot when thou comest home, Thou hast brought him a pardon from good... | |
| John Docwra Parry - 1829 - 460 页
...nor read. Four nobles a week then, I will give thee, For this merry jest thou hast shewn unto me ; And tell the old Abbot when thou comest home, Thou hast brought him a pardon from good King John. PERCY. VALENTINE AND URSINE. THE common story of Valentine and Orson, was originally a translation... | |
| Joseph Ritson - 1829 - 344 页
..." Then four pounds a week will I give unto thee, For this merry true jest thou hast told unto me ; And tell the old abbot when thou comest home, Thou hast brought him a pardon from good king John." Derry down, &c. XXXVIII. SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE. 1' V THOMAS IU'ljlNi; V. The title of the old copies... | |
| English poetry - 1839 - 374 页
...such speede, For alacke I can neither write, ne reade." Four nohles a week, then I will give thee, 105 For this merry jest thou hast showne unto mee ; And tell the old ahhot when thou comest home, Thou has hrought him a pardon from good King John. •^* | • Meaning... | |
| 1845 - 258 页
...in such spcede, For alacke I can neither write, ne reade." " Four nobles a week, then will I give to thee, For this merry jest thou hast showne unto mee...thou comest home, Thou hast brought him a pardon from merry King John." (1) Meaning, probably, St. Botolph. THOMAS THE RHYMER. TRUE Thomas lay on Huntlie... | |
| James Parton - 1856 - 700 页
...naye, my liege, be not in such speede, For alacke I can neither write, ne reade. Four nobles a week, then, I will give thee, For this merry jest thou hast...Thou hast brought him a pardon from good King John. THE BAFFLED KNIGHT, OR LADY'S POLICY. [A VERY FAVORITE ANCIENT BALLAD.] PERCY RELIQUES. THERE was a... | |
| James Parton - 1856 - 720 页
...naye, my liege, be not in such speede, For alacke I can neither write, ne reade. Four nobles a week, then, I will give thee, For this merry jest thou hast...comest home, Thou hast brought him a pardon from good Bang John. THE BAFFLED KNIGHT, OR LADY'S POLICY. [A VERY FAVORITE ANCIENT BALLAD.] PEROT RELIQUK*.... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1856 - 576 页
...naye, my liege, be not in such speede, For alacke I can neither write, no reade." Four nobles a week, then I will give thee, For this merry jest thou hast showne unto mee ; 106 And tell the old abbot when thou comest home, Thou has brought him a pardon from good King John.... | |
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