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" First of all, the wilde heades of the parish flocking togither, chuse them a graund captaine of mischiefe, whom they innoble with the title of Lord of Misrule; and him they crowne with great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This king annoynted chooseth... "
A Classical and Archaeological Dictionary of the Manners, Customs, Laws ... - Page 226
by P. Austin Nuttall - 1840 - 678 pages
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Flowers of Literature: For 1804: Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature ...

English literature - 1805 - 590 pages
...author, " the wilde heades of the parish, flocking togither, chuse them a graund captaine of mischiet'e, whom they innoble with the title of Lord of Misrule;...great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This king anointed chooseth forth twentie, fourty, threescore, or an hundred, like to himself, to waite upon...
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History of the Holy Trinity Guild: At Sleaford, with an Account of Its ...

George Oliver - Mysteries and miracle-plays - 1837 - 160 pages
...Misrule. " First of all, the wilde heades of the parish flocking togither, chuse them a graunde captame of mischiefe, 'whom they innoble with the title of Lord of Misrule ; aud him they crown with great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This king annoynted chuseth forth...
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Including the Rural and ...

Joseph Strutt - Games - 1838 - 500 pages
...reader to comment upon them. " First of all, the wilde heades of the parish flocking togither, chuse them a graund captaine of mischiefe, whom they innoble...chooseth forth twentie, fourty, threescore, or an hundred lustie guttes, like to himself, to waite upon his lordly majesty, and to guarde his noble person. Then...
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England ...

Joseph Strutt - England - 1838 - 492 pages
...comment upon them. " First of all, the wilde heades of the parish flocking togither, chuse them agraund captaine of mischiefe, whom they innoble with the...king. This king annoynted chooseth forth twentie, lowly, threescore, or an hundred lustie guttes, like to himself, to waite upon his lordly majesty,...
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Documentary Annals of the Reformed Church of England: Being a ..., Volume 1

Church of England, Edward Cardwell - 1839 - 478 pages
...(AD 1595,) p. 107, in the following words : "The wilde heades of the parish, flocking together, chuse them a graund captaine of mischiefe, whom they innoble with the title of my Lord of 35 Misrule. . . in this sorte they go to the church, (though the minister be at prayer or...
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Documentary Annals of the Reformed Church of England: Being a ..., Volume 1

Church of England, Edward Cardwell - 1839 - 490 pages
...(AD 1595.) p. 107, in the following words: "The wilde heades of the parish, flocking together, chuse them a graund captaine of mischiefe, whom they innoble with the title of my Lord of 35 Misrule. ... in this sorte they go to the church, (though the minister be at prayer or...
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The History of Perth: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Thomas Hay Marshall, Henry Adamson - Perth (Scotland) - 1849 - 574 pages
...personage wai known in England by the name of abbot, or Lord of Misrute. them a grand captain of mischief, whom they innoble with the title of Lord of Misrule ; and him they crown with great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This king annointed, chooseth forth twenty, forty,...
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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England ...

Joseph Strutt - England - 1850 - 496 pages
...reader to comment upon them. " First of all, the wilde heades of the parish flocking togither, chuse them a graund captaine of mischiefe, whom they innoble...great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This king nnnoynted chooseth forth twentie, fourty, threescore, or an hundred lustie guttes, like to himself,...
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The Ruins of Kenilworth, an Historical Poem

William Reader (Printer.) - 1856 - 482 pages
...sixteenth century, "The wilde heades of the parish nock together and chuse them a graund captaine of all mischiefe, whom they innoble with the title of Lord...with great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This monarch annoynted choqseth forth twenty, fourty, threescore, or an hundred lustie fellowes, like to...
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Bizarre: For Fireside and Wayside, Volume 2

1858 - 330 pages
...graunde captaine of , mischiefe, whom they ennoble with the title of Lord of Misrule; and him they crown with great solemnity, and adopt for their king. This...chooseth forth twentie, fourty, threescore, or an hundred lustie guttes, like to himself, to waite upon his lordly majesty, and to guard his noble person. Then,...
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