British Anthologies Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...crime in a great Estate, Is much more inordinate And more horrible to behold, Than any other a thousand fold!' Ye put to blame, ye wot ne'er whom! Ye may wear a cockscomb! Your fond head in your furred hood! Hold ye your tongue, ye can no good! And, at more convenient time, iua fortune for to rhyme V-u-wlun of your madness! 'o...nail is your sadness, "o L.my man in lack, And my words mark truly, That ye cannot bide thereby! For Smigma non est Sinamomum! But De absentibus nil nisi bonum! Complain, or do what ye will; Of your complaint, it shall not skill! This is the tenor of my Bill, 'A dawcock ye be; and so shall be still!' As it fell on a holy day, And upon a holy tide a, John Dory bought him an ambling nag, To Paris for to ride a. And when John Dory to Paris was come, A little before the gate a, John Dory was fitted, the Porter was witted, To let him in thereat a. The first man that John Dory did meet Was good King John of France a. John Dory could well of his courtesy; But fell down in a trance a. 'A pardon! A pardon! my liege and my King For my merry men and for me a; And all the churls in merry England, I'll bring them all bound to thee a!' And Nicholl was then a Cornish man, A little beside Bohyde a; And he manned forth a good black Bark, With fifty good oars on a side a. 'Run up, my boy! unto the maintop; And look what thou canst spy a!' 'Who, ho! Who, ho! a good ship I do see; I trow it be John Dory a!' They hoist their sails, both top and top, The mizen and all was tried a: And every man stood to his lot; Whatever should betide a. The roaring cannons then were plied, And 'dub a dub!' went the drum a; The braying trumpets loud they cried, To courage both all and some a. The grappling hooks were brought at length, The brown bill and the sword a...