The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries |
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... Hodge . " Tush , tush , her neele , her neele , her neele , man ; tys neither flesh nor fish , A lytle thing with an hole in the ende , as bright as any syller , Small , long , sharp at the point , and straight as any piller . " Diccon ...
... Hodge . " Tush , tush , her neele , her neele , her neele , man ; tys neither flesh nor fish , A lytle thing with an hole in the ende , as bright as any syller , Small , long , sharp at the point , and straight as any piller . " Diccon ...
Page 256
... HODge and Tib . Hodge . " I am agast , by the masse , I wot not what to do ; I had need blesse me well before I go them to : Perchance , some felon spirit may haunt our house indeed , And then I were but a noddy to venter where's no ...
... HODge and Tib . Hodge . " I am agast , by the masse , I wot not what to do ; I had need blesse me well before I go them to : Perchance , some felon spirit may haunt our house indeed , And then I were but a noddy to venter where's no ...
Page 257
... Hodge . " I say , Tib , if thou he Tib , as I trow sure thou be , What devil make ado is this between our dame and thee ? " Tib . " Truly , Hodge , thou had a good turn thou wart not here this while ; It had been better for some of us ...
... Hodge . " I say , Tib , if thou he Tib , as I trow sure thou be , What devil make ado is this between our dame and thee ? " Tib . " Truly , Hodge , thou had a good turn thou wart not here this while ; It had been better for some of us ...
Page 258
... Hodge , thy breches lie , for all this never the near . " Hodge . " Now a vengeance light on al the sort , that better shold have kept it ; The cat , the house , and Tib our maid , that better should have swept it . Se , where she ...
... Hodge , thy breches lie , for all this never the near . " Hodge . " Now a vengeance light on al the sort , that better shold have kept it ; The cat , the house , and Tib our maid , that better should have swept it . Se , where she ...
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... Hodge , what time I me up hasted , To save milk set up for thee , which Gib our cat hath wasted . " Hodge . " The devil he take both Gib and Tib , with all the rest ; Im always sure of the worst end , whoever have the best . Where ha ...
... Hodge , what time I me up hasted , To save milk set up for thee , which Gib our cat hath wasted . " Hodge . " The devil he take both Gib and Tib , with all the rest ; Im always sure of the worst end , whoever have the best . Where ha ...
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