Vulgar words in Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England (Page 1)
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It will make a boy into a man, And a man into an ass; It will change your gold into silver, And your silver into brass.
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Sure some of Satan's minor imps, Ordainèd were to be thy guide; To act the part of sordid pimps, And fill thy heart with haughty pride; But take this caveat once for all, Such devilish pride must have a fall.
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Tother a bastard sonne of Spaine, Mony a Sarazin hadde hee slaine; Hys dint hadde garred thayme dye.
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Ben Jonson names him in one of his plays, and he is also mentioned in Dekker's Honest Whore .
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To the tune of Slut .
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wench, I'll ride oather ass or a mule, Ere I'll kewer i' Grinfilt os black as te dule, Booath clemmink {58} un starvink, un never a fardink, Ecod!