 | Lady - 1807 - 1807 - 232 pages
...yes, father Abbot, % faulI it is Mfbe, And now for the same tiiou ncedest must dye; For except thon canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be...bodie. And first, quo' the King, when I'm in this stead (2), With my crowue of gold so faire on my head, Among all my liege-men, so noble of birthe, Thou must... | |
 | John Docwra Parry - Ballads, English - 1829 - 460 pages
...Yes, yes, — quoth he, — Abbot, thy fault it is high, And now for the same thou needest must die ; For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy body. And first, — quo' the King, — when I'm in this stead, With my crown of gold so fair on my... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1839 - 444 pages
...trust, your grace will doe me no deere, For spending of my owne true-gotten geere. 20 Yes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same...And first, quo' the king, when I'm in this stead, 25 With my crowne of golde so faire on my head, Among all my liege-men so noble of birthe, Thou must... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...your grace will doe me no deere, For spending of my owne true-gotten geere. 20 Yes, yes, father ahhot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same thou needest must dys ; For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall he smitten from thy hodie. And... | |
 | James Thorne - Avon River - 1845 - 514 pages
...wrong and maintained little right," will not be so easily pacified, replies — " Yes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same...smitten from thy bodie. And first quo" the king, when I 'm in this stead [state, dignity], With my crown of gold so fair on my head, Among all my liege men... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 700 pages
...I trust your grace will doe me no deere For spending of my owne true-gotten geere. Yes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same...smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo' the king, when I 'm in this stead. With my crowne of golde so' faire on my head, Among all my liege-men, so noble... | |
 | James Parton - English poetry - 1856 - 720 pages
...I trust your grace will doe me no deero For spending of my owne true-gotten geere. Yes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same...questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodle. And first, quo' the king, when I 'm in this stead, With my crowne of golde so faire on my head,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1856 - 576 pages
...trust, your grace will doe me no deere, For spending of my owne true-gotten geere. Yes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same thou needcst must dye; 22 For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1857 - 266 pages
...geere." "Tes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highc, And now for the same thou needest must dyp ; For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodio. "And first," quo' the king, "when I'm in this stead, With my crowne of golde so faire on my... | |
 | Thomas Percy, George Gilfillan - Ballads, English - 1858 - 342 pages
...your grace will doe me no deere, For spending of my owne true-gotten geere.' 20 ' Yes, yes, father abbot, thy fault it is highe, And now for the same...from thy bodie. ' And first,' quo' the king, ' when I 'm in this stead, as With my crowne of golde so faire on my head, Among all my liege-men so noble... | |
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For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. "And first, 
