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Wit Reſtor’d.
The Taylor of curteſie the lowſe did releaſe,
But ſhe bitt the harder and ftil broke the peace.
In this doubtfull matter, your counſell I crave,
What law of the lowſe the Taylor may have,
A jury of beggers debating the cauſe,
Decree’d in their verdict that lyce ſhould have lawes,
And therefore they ſay without further reciting
That lyce muſt be ſubject to the law of bac-biting.
Which law doth provide for the party ſo greived
The lowle ſo offending not to be repreived.
But ſtraight to be taken and had to the jayle,
And after to ſuffer the crush of the nayle.
But ſhe bitt the harder and ftil broke the peace.
In this doubtfull matter, your counſell I crave,
What law of the lowſe the Taylor may have,
A jury of beggers debating the cauſe,
Decree’d in their verdict that lyce ſhould have lawes,
And therefore they ſay without further reciting
That lyce muſt be ſubject to the law of bac-biting.
Which law doth provide for the party ſo greived
The lowle ſo offending not to be repreived.
But ſtraight to be taken and had to the jayle,
And after to ſuffer the crush of the nayle.
The old Ballad of Little Muſgrave and the Lady Barnard.
As it fell one holy-day, hay downe,
As many be in the yeare,
When young men and maids
Together did goe,
Their Mattins and Maſſe to heare,
As many be in the yeare,
When young men and maids
Together did goe,
Their Mattins and Maſſe to heare,
Little Muſgrave came to the church dore,
The Preiſt was at private Maſſe
But he had more minde of the faire women;
Then he had of our lady grace
The Preiſt was at private Maſſe
But he had more minde of the faire women;
Then he had of our lady grace
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