Perkyn was fo wery, that he began to loute;
Help, Hud, I am ded in thys ylk rowte:.
An hors for forty pens, a gode and a stoute!
That I may lyztly come of my noye oute,

For no coft wyl I fpare.

He ftyrt up as a fnayle,

And hent a capul be the tayle,
Andreft' Dawkin hys flayle,

And wan there a mare.

Perkyn wan five, and Hud wan twa:

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175

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- 180

Glad and blythe thay ware, that thay had don fa;
Thay wold have tham to Tyb, and present hur with tha:
The Capulls were fo wery, that thay myzt not ga,

But ftyl gon thay ftond.

Alas! quoth Hudde, my joye I lese ;

Mee had lever then a fton of chefe,

That dere Tyb had al these,

And wyft it were my fond.

Perkyn turnyd hym about in that ych thrang,
Among thos wery boyes he-wreft and he wrang;

185

199

He

Ver. 163. The boyes were MS. V. 170. creped then about in the

roft. MS.

V. 179. razt. MS.

V. 189. fand. MS.

V. 185. ftand. MS.

ANCIENT POEMS..

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He threw tham doun to the erth, and thraft tham amang,
When he faw Tyrry away wyth Tyb fang,

And after hym ran;

Off his horse he hym drogh,

And gaf hym of hys flayl inogh:

We te he! quoth Tyb, and lugh,
Ye er a dughty man.

195.

200

Thus' thay tugged, and rugged, tyl yt was nere nyzt:
All the wyves of Tottenham came to fe that fyzt
Wyth wyfpes, and kexis, and ryfchys there lyzt,
To fetch hom ther husbandes, that were tham trouth plyzt;
And fum brozt gret harwos,

Ther husbandes hom to fetch,

Sum on dores, and fum on hech,

Sum on hyrdyllys, and fom on crech,
And fum on whele-barows.

Thay gaderyd Perkyn about, 'on' everych fyde,

205

And grant hym ther the gre,' the more was hys pryde:

Tyb and he, wyth greț mirth,' homward con thay ryde,
And were al nyzt togedyr, tyl the morn tyde;

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215

To

hom for to fetch. MS. V. 208.

V. 214. had

about everych fide. MS. V. 209. the gre, is wanting in MS. V. 210.
V. 212. And thay ifere affent. MS.
V. 215. The cheefemen. PC.

mothe. MS.

wed. MS.

To that ylk feft com many for the nones;

Some come hyphalte, and fome trippand 'thither' on the
ftonys;

Sum a ftaf in hys hand, and fum two at anys;

Of fum were the hedes broken, of fome the fchulder

• At that feaft were they ferved in rich aray,

Every fyve & fyve had a cokeney;

And fo thay fat in jollity all the long day;

Tyb at night, trowe, had a fimple aray:
Mickle mirth was them among;

In every corner of the house

Was melody delicious,

For to here precious

Of fix mens fong t

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230

V. FOR

Ver. 218. trippand on. MS.

The taft flanse is not in MS. but given from Bedwell'scopy.
Six-men's fong, i. e. a fong for fix voices. So Shakespeare ufes
Three-man fong-men, in bis Winter's Tale, A. 3. fc. 3. to denote
men that could fing Catches compofed for three Voices. Of this fort are
Weelkes's Madrigals mentioned below, Book II. Song 9. So again
Shakefp. bas Three-men Beetle; i, e, a Beetle or Rammer worked by
three men. 2 Hen. 4. A. I. Sc, 3.

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