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  • Title: Jack Juggler (Quarto 1)
  • Editor: David Swain
  • Textual editor: Dr. Sarah Neville
  • Coordinating editor: Brett Greatley-Hirsch

    • ISBN: 978-1-55058-490-5

    Copyright David Swain. This text may be freely used for educational, non-profit purposes; for all other uses contact the Editor.
    Author: Anonymous
    Editor: David Swain
    Not Peer Reviewed

    Jack Juggler (Quarto 1)

    That she shall belyue it euerie dell
    310Hou saie you frinds by the armes of robyn hood
    Wol not this excuse be resonable good
    To muse for any better great foly it is
    For I may make sure rekennig of this
    That and if I wold sit stoding this .vii. yere
    315I shall not ells find how to saue me all clere
    And as you see for ye mo st part our witts be be st
    When wee takine mo st vnredie st
    But I wol not giue for that boie a flye
    That hathe not al tymes in store one good lye
    320And cannot set a good face vpon the same
    Therfore saint Gorge the boroue as it wol let him frame
    I woll ieoperd a ioint bee as bee maye
    I haue had many like chauncis before this daye
    But I promise you I do cur stlie feare
    325For I fell a vengeable burning in my lift ere
    And it hath byn a saying of tyme long
    That swete mete woll haue soure sauce among
    And surelie I shall haue sum ill hape
    For my here standith vp vnder my cape
    330I would knocke but I dare not by our ladye
    I feare hanging wher vnto no man is ha stie
    But seing there is no nother remedie
    Thus too stand any longer it is but folye
    Hic pulset o stium.
    335They bee soo fare with in the cannot heare
    Iake Iugler
    Soft thy knoking saucie knaue what make st thou there
    Ienkine Careawaie
    What knaue is that? he speaketh not too me I trowe
    340And we mete the one of vs is lyke too haue a blowe


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