The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 by Various
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for the dawnsars . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 4-1/2
4 yerds of cloth for the fole's cote . . 0 2 0 2 ells of worstede for mayde Marian's kyrtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 6 8 For 6 payre of double solly'd showne . . 0 4 6 To the mynstrele . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 10 8 To the fryer and the piper for to go to Croydon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 8 29 Henry 8th. Mem. left in the keeping of the wardens nowe beinge, a fryers cote of russet, and a kyrtle of a worstyde weltyd with red cloth, a mouren's cote of buckram, and 4 morres dawnsars cotes of white fustian spangelyd, and two gryne saten cotes, and a dysardd's cote of cotton, and 6 payre of garters with bells." Having given so many items of the Robin Hood games, it will not be out of place to furnish some account of the Morrice. _The tabor and pipe strike up a morrice.--A shout within._ A lord, a lord, a lord, who! ENTER THE MORRICE--_They sing_. Skip it, and trip it, nimbly, nimbly, Tickle it, tickle it, lustily, Strike up the tabor, for the wenches favour, Tickle it, tickle it, lustily. Let us be seen on Hygale Greene, To dance for the honour of Holloway, |
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