. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. ent looks as soon to see beauty in a blackamoor,or hear smooth speech from a stammerer, as to find anythingbut blunt mirth in a Morrice dancer! especially such a oneas Will. Kemp, that hath spent his life in mad jigs andmerry jests. Three reasons move me to make public this journey. One,to reprove lying fools I never knew. The other, to commendloving friends, which, by the way, I daily found. The third,to show my duty to your honourable self. Whose favours,among other bountiful friends, make me, despite of this sadworld, judge
. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. ent looks as soon to see beauty in a blackamoor,or hear smooth speech from a stammerer, as to find anythingbut blunt mirth in a Morrice dancer! especially such a oneas Will. Kemp, that hath spent his life in mad jigs andmerry jests. Three reasons move me to make public this journey. One,to reprove lying fools I never knew. The other, to commendloving friends, which, by the way, I daily found. The third,to show my duty to your honourable self. Whose favours,among other bountiful friends, make me, despite of this sadworld, judge my heart Cork, and my heels Feathers: so that,methinks, I could fly to Rome (at least, hop to Rome, as theold proverb is) with a mortar on my head. In which light conceit, I lowly beg pardon and leave : formy tabourer strikes his Hunfs up ! I must to Norwich 1 Imagine, noble Mistress ! I am now setting from my LordMayors ! the hour, about seven ! the morning, gloomy ! thecompany, many ! my heart, merry ! Your worthy Ladyships Most unworthy servant, William 143 Kb MPS nine days* wonder. Performed in a Morrice fromLondon to Norwich. Wherein every days journey is pleasantly set down, to satisfy his friends [as to] the truth ; against all lying ballad. makers: what he did, how he was welcome, and by whom entertained. The First Days journey, being the first Monday in clean Lent; from the Right Honourable the Lord Mayors, of London. He first Monday in Lent [Feb. ii, 1600],the close morning promising a clear day ;attended on byTnoMAsSLYE, myTabourer;William Bee, my servant; and GeorgeSprat appointed for my Overseer, that Ishould take no other ease, but my pre-scribed order: myself, thats I (otherwisecalled Cavaliero Kemp, Head Master ofMorrice dancers, High Headborough of heighs, and onlytricker of your Trill-lilles, and best bell-shangles, ^°^^[^f^^^ Sion and Mount Surrey) began frolicly to and Mountfoot it, from the Right Honourable the Lord NoTwTcirMayors, of Londo
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