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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

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    Author: Anonymous
    Editor: David Swain
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    Jack Juggler (Quarto 1)

    But goo no nere, le st I handle thee like a strainger
    Thanke no man but thy selfe yf thou be in any daunger
    440 Ienkine Careawaie
    Marye I defye the and planly vnto the tell
    That I am a seruaũt of this house, & her I dwel
    Iake iugler
    Now soo god me snache but thou goo the waies
    445Whille thou maie st, for this fortie dayes
    I shall make the not able to goo nor ryde
    But in a dũgcart or a whilberow liyng on on syd
    Ienken Careawaie
    I am a seruaunt of this house by thes .x. bons
    450 Iake iugler
    Noo more prating but geat the hens at towns
    Ienkin Careawaye
    Why my mai stir hath sent me home in his me s s age
    Iake iugler
    455Pike and walke a knaue here a waye is no pa s s age
    Ienkin Careawaye
    What wilt thou let me from my nowne mai stirs house
    Iake iugler
    Be tredging, or if faith you bere me a souse
    460Here my mai stier and I haue our habitacion
    And hath continuallye dwelling in this syon
    at the lea st this doosen yers and od
    and here wol we end our lyues by ye grace of god
    Ienkin Careawaie
    465why then where shall my Mai stier & I dwell
    Iake iugler
    At the dyuell yf you lu st, I cannot tell
    Ienkin Careawaye
    In nomine patris, now this geare doth pa s s e


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