One ofred me velvet, sylke, and lawne, An other he taketh me by the hande, ' Here is Parys thred, the fynest in the land ' ; I never was used to such thyngs indede, And wanting mony, I might not spede. The Economic History of England - Page 222by Ephraim Lipson - 1915Full view - About this book
| Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Edward Tyrrell - 1827 - 300 pages
...fyne ; A fayre cloth they gan for to sprede, But wantyng mony I might not be speede. ILLUSTRATIONS. Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where mutch people I sawe for to stände ; One ofred me velvet, sylke, and lawne, An other he taketh me by the haunde, Here... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1828 - 414 pages
...But for lack of mony I myght not spede. Then to the Chepe I gan me drawne, Where mutch people I sawe for to stande ; One ofred me velvet, sylke, and lawne,...the hande, " Here is Parys thred the fynest in the lande :" I never was vsed to such thynge in dede, — And wantyng mony I myght not spede. Then went... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 416 pages
...Bilt for lack of mony I myght not spedc. Then to the Chepe I gan me drawue, Where mutch people I saive for to stande ; One ofred me velvet, sylke, and lawne,...the hande, " Here is Parys thred the fynest in the landc :" I never was vsed to such thynge in dede, — And wantyng mony I myght not spede. Then went... | |
| John Lydgate - 1840 - 304 pages
...nere and by some spyce, Peper and safforne they gan me bede, But for lack of mony I myght not spede. Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where mutch people...velvet, sylke, and lawne, An other he taketh me by the handc, " Here is Parys thred, the fynest in the land ;" 1 never was used to such thyngs indede, Then... | |
| John Stow - 1842 - 252 pages
...Society) : " Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where much people I saw for to stande : One offered me velvet, sylke and lawne, An other he taketh me by the hande, ' Here is Pary's thred the fynest in the lande,' " &c. t The cooks in Lydgate's time, as we learn from the same... | |
| John Stow - 1842 - 254 pages
...Society) : " Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where much people I saw for to stande : One offered me velvet, sylke and lawne, An other he taketh me by the hande, ' Here is Pary's thred the fynest in the lande,' " &c. t The cooks in Lydgate's time, as we learn from the same... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1850 - 502 pages
..."John Gilpin," — we find Cheapside the great resort of the linendrapers and haberdashers of London. Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where mutch people...velvet, sylke, and lawne, An other he taketh me by the hand, " Here is Parys thread, the fynest in the land." I never was used to such thyngs indede, And... | |
| Edward Smyth Mercer - 1866 - 124 pages
...description in 'London Lickpenny' to have kept market in the adjoining stalls or standings : — " ' Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where mutch people I sawe for to stand, One ofred me velvett, sylke, and lawne, An other he taketh me by the haunde, Here... | |
| London and Middlesex Archaeological Society - 1870 - 862 pages
...ventures into the grand thoroughfare. But we will let him tell us in his own words how he fared : — Then to the Chepe I began me drawne, Where mutch people...taketh me by the hande, • Here is Parys thred, the fynestin the land;' I never was used to such things indede, And wantyng mony I myght not spede. »... | |
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