. A little book of songs and ballads, gathered from ancient musick books, ms. and printed . 9. Another copy, but without the music, is in , Domit. A, xviii.^ The Rosse wolle in to Fraunce spryng, Almyghty God hym thyder bryng, And save this flour whyclie ys our kyng: This Rosse, this Rosse, this ryall Rosse, Whych ys callyd a nobyll thyng, The flowr of Englond, and souldier kyng. Thys Apryll showrys, wyche ar ful swet, Hath bownd thys Rosse, not yet ful blowne; In Fraunce he will hys levys schote, Hys ryzth to conquer, hys enemys to knowne. 3 See Sir Henry Elliss Original Letters, fi
. A little book of songs and ballads, gathered from ancient musick books, ms. and printed . 9. Another copy, but without the music, is in , Domit. A, xviii.^ The Rosse wolle in to Fraunce spryng, Almyghty God hym thyder bryng, And save this flour whyclie ys our kyng: This Rosse, this Rosse, this ryall Rosse, Whych ys callyd a nobyll thyng, The flowr of Englond, and souldier kyng. Thys Apryll showrys, wyche ar ful swet, Hath bownd thys Rosse, not yet ful blowne; In Fraunce he will hys levys schote, Hys ryzth to conquer, hys enemys to knowne. 3 See Sir Henry Elliss Original Letters, first series, vol. i, p. 79. 34 SONGS AND BALLADS. Thys Rosse, that ys of color rede, Wyll seke hys enmys bothe far and wyde, And wytli Ms enemys lie woll Fraunce light. Sent Gorge protector be liys good gyd. God send this flowyr wer he wolde be, To sprede hys fiowrs to hys rejoysing, In Erance to have the vyctory; All Englond for hym schal pray and syng. Jhesu and Mary, full of myght, God be hys gyde in all hys ryzth; Swet Sent Gorge onr Ladyes knyte Save Kjng Hary both be day and SONGS AND BALLADS. 35 VII. Satirical Sons on jFriar ©astftp. Erom one of Hemy tlie Eightlis own MSS. (Append, toroyal MSS. No. 58) preserred in tlie British curious Satirical Song, in alternate rh}Tnes of EngKsliand Latin, against friars in general, is preserved in TrinityCoUege, Cambridge (liS. O. Q. 40.) The present Song is subscribed at the end Quod EaffDrake. Frer Gastkyn wo thou be, qui manes Jiic inpatria,For all that her supportyth the, thou makyst the way ad Tartara;Tartary ys a place trewly, pro te et hym that lyvyth in apostacy, absentyd a claustralihus; 36 SONGS AND BALLADS. A fysche to lyve all ways in lond, quod vere mirabilius,A frer sertayn tliat so doth stond amend, et mane tuis fratribus;Lest the devyll for the do send, to present the Demonibus. Et fac cum consilio. For he that made these reimes, would all such were in a bote full of h
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