. The old cryes of London. pint of wyn would yow assay, syr, qwod i, it may not greve ; for a peny may do no more then it may. I dranke a pint, and therefore gan pay, sore a-hungred away I yede : for-well london lykke peny for ones & eye ; for lake of money I may not spede/ Then I hyed me to byllingsgateand cried, wagge, wagge gow praye a barge man for gods sakethat they would spare me myn expens. 1 Now Cannon Street. 2 cod. 20 CRres OF he sayde, ryse vp, man, and get the hens ; what wenist thow ? I will do on the no almes dede, here scapethe no man, by-nethe ij pens. for lacke of money
. The old cryes of London. pint of wyn would yow assay, syr, qwod i, it may not greve ; for a peny may do no more then it may. I dranke a pint, and therefore gan pay, sore a-hungred away I yede : for-well london lykke peny for ones & eye ; for lake of money I may not spede/ Then I hyed me to byllingsgateand cried, wagge, wagge gow praye a barge man for gods sakethat they would spare me myn expens. 1 Now Cannon Street. 2 cod. 20 CRres OF he sayde, ryse vp, man, and get the hens ; what wenist thow ? I will do on the no almes dede, here scapethe no man, by-nethe ij pens. for lacke of money I myght not spede/ Then I conveyed me into Kent,for of the law would I medle no more,by-caws no man to me would take dight me to the plowe, even as I ded save london, that in bethelem was bore,and every trew man of law god graunt hym souls med,and they that be othar, god theyr state restore :for he that lackethe money with them he shall not spene,explicet london likke peny/ 1 my, corrected to
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