When thay had ther vowes made, furth can thay hie, 145 Of an old rotten fell; The cheveron of a plow-mell; And the fchadow of a bell, Quartred' wyth the mone lyzt. 150 I wot yt was' no chylder game, whan thay togedyr met, When icha freke in the feld on hys feloy bet, 155 And layd on ftyfly, for nothyng wold thay let, And foght ferly faft, tyll ther horfes fwet, There was clynkyng of cart-fadellys, & clatteryng of cannes ; Of fele frekys in the feld brokyn were their fannes; Offum were the hedys brokyn, of fum the brayn-pannes, And yll were thay befene, or thay went thanns, C 3 166 Wyth Ver. 146 flailes, and harniffe. PC. 153. Poudred. MS. V. 151. The Chiefe. P C. V. 154. yt ys. MS. Wyth fwyppyng of fwepyls : Thay myzt not fyzt mare oloft, But creped about in the 'croft,' As thay were croked crepyls, Perkyn was fo wery, that he began to loute; 170 An hors for forty pens, a gode and a stoute! That I may lyztly come of my noye oute, 175 For no coft wyl I spare, He ftyrt up as a fnayle, And hent a capul be the tayle, And 'reft' Dawkin hys flayle, And wan there a mare, Perkyn wan five, and Hud wan twa: 180 Glad and blythe thay ware, that thay had dọn fa But ftyl gon thay ftond. Alas! quoth Hudde, my joye I lefe; 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. 168. The boyes were MS. roft. MS. V. 179. razt, MS. V. 170. creped then about in the V. 189. fand, MS, 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, 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, Thay gaderyd Perkyn about, on' everych syde, 205 And grant hym ther the gre,' the more was hys pryde: Tyb and he, wyth gret mirth,' homward con thay ryde, And were al nyzt togedyr, tyl the morn tyde ; And thay to church went :' 211 So wele hys nedys he has fped, That dere Tyb he hath' wed ; 215 C 4 Το Ver. 199. Thys. MS. V. 204. hom for to fetch. MS. V. 2c8. about everych fide. MS. V. 209. the gre, is wanting in MS. V.210. mothe. MS. wed. MS. V. 212. And thay ifere affent. MS. V. 215. The cheefemen. PC. V. 214. had To that ylk feft com many for the nones; Some come hyphalte, and some trippand 'thither' on the ftonys; Sum a ftaf in hys hand, and fum two at onys ; Of fum were the hedes broken, of fome the fchulder At that feaft were they served in rich aray, Tyb at night, I trowe, had a fimple aray; In every corner of the house Was melody delicious, For to here precious Of fix mens fong †, 230 V. FOR Ver. 218. trippand on. MS. *The laft ftanza is not in MS. but given from Bedwell's copy. 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. V. FOR THE VICTORY AT AGINCOURT. That our plain and martial ancefters could wield their fwords much better than their pens, will appear from the following homely Rhymes, which were drawn up by fime poet laureat of thefe days to celebrate the immortal victory gained at Agincourt, Oct. 25, 1415. This fong or hymn is given meerly as a curiofity, and is printed from a MS. copy in the Pepys collection, vol. I. folio. It is there accompanied with the mufical notes, which are copied in a small plate at the end of this volume. Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria! WRE kynge went forth to Normandy, Deo gratias: Deo gratias Anglia redde pro victoria. He fette a fege, the fothe for to say, Deo gratias, &c. 5 10 |