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In the Parish of St. Asse, at the signe of the <keyword>Hobbi-Horse</keyword>, <keyword>Maid-Marrian</keyword> and the Foole fell together by the ears with the Piper: so that had not the good-man of the Pewter Candlesticke set in for the <keyword>Morisdance</keyword>, the <keyword>May-game</keyword> had been quite spoiled: but when the game had gone round, and their brains were well warmed, their legges grew so nimble, that their heeles went higher than their heads: but in all this cold sweate, while lustie-guts and his best beloued were casting Sheepes eyes at a Cods head, Hue and Cry came suddenly thorow the street The Foxes haue killed a tame Goose: at the sudden noise whereof the multitude were so scared, that all the <keyword>Moris dances</keyword> were diuided, and the Foole ran home to your towne [...]<ref>{{:Breton, Nicholas 1879a}}, vol. II, p. 33.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | In the Parish of St. Asse, at the signe of the <keyword>Hobbi-Horse</keyword>, <keyword>Maid-Marrian</keyword> and the Foole fell together by the ears with the Piper: so that had not the good-man of the Pewter Candlesticke set in for the <keyword>Morisdance</keyword>, the <keyword>May-game</keyword> had been quite spoiled: but when the game had gone round, and their brains were well warmed, their legges grew so nimble, that their heeles went higher than their heads: but in all this cold sweate, while lustie-guts and his best beloued were casting Sheepes eyes at a Cods head, Hue and Cry came suddenly thorow the street The Foxes haue killed a tame Goose: at the sudden noise whereof the multitude were so scared, that all the <keyword>Moris dances</keyword> were diuided, and the Foole ran home to your towne [...]<ref>{{:Breton, Nicholas 1879a}}, vol. II, p. 33.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | ||
== Lists == | == Lists == | ||
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293- | * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11. | ||
* Outside scope of {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}. | * Outside scope of {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}. | ||
Revision as of 04:25, 21 February 2019
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-02. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2019-02-21.
Allusion
7. A reply to the last Letter, with some newes.
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In the Parish of St. Asse, at the signe of the Hobbi-Horse, Maid-Marrian and the Foole fell together by the ears with the Piper: so that had not the good-man of the Pewter Candlesticke set in for the Morisdance, the May-game had been quite spoiled: but when the game had gone round, and their brains were well warmed, their legges grew so nimble, that their heeles went higher than their heads: but in all this cold sweate, while lustie-guts and his best beloued were casting Sheepes eyes at a Cods head, Hue and Cry came suddenly thorow the street The Foxes haue killed a tame Goose: at the sudden noise whereof the multitude were so scared, that all the Moris dances were diuided, and the Foole ran home to your towne [...][1]
Lists
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
- Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
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