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... head . If you , my lord , have chosen mee Of a hundred gunners to be the head , Then hang me up on your maine - mast tree , If I misse my marke one shilling bread.2 My lord then chose a boweman rare , " Whose active hands had gained ...
... head . If you , my lord , have chosen mee Of a hundred gunners to be the head , Then hang me up on your maine - mast tree , If I misse my marke one shilling bread.2 My lord then chose a boweman rare , " Whose active hands had gained ...
Page 125
... head shall be smitten from thy bodìe . And first , quo ' the king , when I'm in this stead , With my crowne of golde so faire on my head , Among all my liege - men so noble of birthe , Thou must tell me to one penny what I am worthe ...
... head shall be smitten from thy bodìe . And first , quo ' the king , when I'm in this stead , With my crowne of golde so faire on my head , Among all my liege - men so noble of birthe , Thou must tell me to one penny what I am worthe ...
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... head bookes - man , Aggrieved he shal bee : For no man here within my howse , Shall doe wrong unto thee . O , it is not your head bookes - man , Nor none of his degree : 2 But , on to - morrow ere it be noone All deemed to die are yee ...
... head bookes - man , Aggrieved he shal bee : For no man here within my howse , Shall doe wrong unto thee . O , it is not your head bookes - man , Nor none of his degree : 2 But , on to - morrow ere it be noone All deemed to die are yee ...
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A Ballad of Luther the Pope a Cardinal and a Husbandman | 1 |
John Anderson my Jo A Scottish Song | 2 |
Little John Nobody | 3 |
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