Thomas Dekker Edited, with an introd and notes . king, Sim Eyre was taken unawaresupon a day of shroving,^ which I promised long ago to theprentices of London. For, ant please your highness, in time past,I bare the water-tankard, and my coatSits not a whit the worse upon my back ;And then, upon a morning, some mad boys,It was Shrove Tuesday, even as tis me my breakfast, and I swore then by the stoppleof my tankard, if ever I came to be lord mayor ofLondon, I would feast all the prentices. This day, myliege, I did it, and the slaves had an hundred tables fivetimes covered ; they are go
Thomas Dekker Edited, with an introd and notes . king, Sim Eyre was taken unawaresupon a day of shroving,^ which I promised long ago to theprentices of London. For, ant please your highness, in time past,I bare the water-tankard, and my coatSits not a whit the worse upon my back ;And then, upon a morning, some mad boys,It was Shrove Tuesday, even as tis me my breakfast, and I swore then by the stoppleof my tankard, if ever I came to be lord mayor ofLondon, I would feast all the prentices. This day, myliege, I did it, and the slaves had an hundred tables fivetimes covered ; they are gone home and vanished ;Yet add more honour to the gentle trade,Taste of Eyres banquet, Simons happy Eyre, I will taste of thy banquet, and will say,I have not met more pleasure on a of the gentle craft, thanks to you , my kind lady mayoress, for our cheer.—Come, lords, a while lets revel it at home !When all our sports and banquetings are must right wrongs which Frenchmen have begun. 1 fw
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