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" The Parliament to vote it down Conceived it very fitting, For fear it should fall, and kill them all In the House as they were sitting. They were told god-wot, it had a plot, Which made them so hard-hearted, To give command it should not stand, But be... "
The cavalier songs and ballads of England, from 1642 to 1684, ed. by C. Mackay - Page 51
edited by - 1863 - 310 pages
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Reliques of ancient English poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs ...

English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...they make a surad, Swearing they are at a loss. And chaffing say, that's not the way, They must go hy Charing-cross. The parliament to vote it down Conceived...hard-hearted, To give command, it should not stand, But he taken down and carted. 10 15 Men talk of plots, this might have heen worse For anything I know,...
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The confessor, Volume 3

Confessor - 1851 - 336 pages
...Swearing they are at a loss, And, chaffing, say, that's not the way, They must go by Charing Cross. The Parliament to vote it down, Conceived it very...it should not stand, But be taken down and carted. PERCY IT was the eve of the fatal thirtieth of January, and the early darkness, which at this season...
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Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy. Repr ..., Page 111, Volume 2

English poetry - 1858 - 336 pages
...the way, They must go by Charing-cross. The parliament to vote it down Conceived it very fitting, 10 For fear it should fall, and kill them all, In the...hard-hearted, To give command, it should not stand, 15 But be taken down and carted. Men talk of plots, this might have been worse For any thing I know,...
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The Queens of England and Their Times: From Matilda, Queen of ..., Volume 1

Francis Lancelott - Queens - 1858 - 590 pages
...firar it H ht, u Id fall, and kill them all, In the house ам they were sitting. Th»-y wen; lold, God-wot, it had a plot, Which made them so hard-hearted, To give command it should not stand, liut be taken down aiid carted. Men talk of plots; this might bare been worse, For any thing I know,...
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The Queens of England and Their Times: From Matilda, Queen of ..., Volume 1

Francis Lancelott - Queens - 1858 - 1134 pages
...the way, They must go by Charing Cross. The parliament, to vote it down, Conceived it very filling. For fear it should fall, and kill them all, In the house as they were sitting. Thuy were told, God-wot, it had a plot, Which made them so hard-hearted, To give command it should...
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The King and the Commons: Cavalier and Puritan Song, Volume 1

Henry Morley - Ballads, English - 1868 - 282 pages
...Swearing they are at a loss, And chaffing say, that 's not the way, They must go by Charing Cross. The Parliament to vote it down Conceived it very fitting,...it should not stand, But be taken down and carted. -^{pn talk pf plots : this might have been worse " - ~-Jf(;r .anything Pjbuow, 'lhan that Tomklns and...
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Ecclesiastical Antiquities of London and Its Suburbs

Alexander Wood - London (England) - 1874 - 412 pages
...the Eleanor crosses, the last of the series. The following lines on its downfall are interesting : ' Undone, undone the lawyers are; They wander about...In the house as they were sitting. They were told, God wot, it had a plot, Which made them so hard-hearted, To give command it should not stand, * But...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1876 - 630 pages
...the way, They must go by Charing-cross. The parliament to vote it down Conceived it very fitting, 10 For fear it should fall, and kill them all, In the...hard-hearted, To give command, it should not stand, 15 But be taken down and carted. Men talk of plots, this might have been worse For anything I know,...
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Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 2

English poetry - 1876 - 424 pages
...the way, They must go by Charing-cross. The Parliament to vote it down Conceived it very fitting, 10 For fear it should fall and kill them all In the house,...hard-hearted To give command it should not stand, 15 Men talk of plots, this might have been worse For anything I know, Than that Tomkins and Chaloner...
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The Dayspring, Volume 8

Sunday schools - 1879 - 200 pages
...the end of the Strand, they make a stand, Swearing they are at a loss; And, chaffing, say, u That is not the way, They must go by Charing-Cross." The Parliament...In the House, as they were sitting. They were told it had a plot, Which made them so hard-h'earted To give command it should not stand, But be taken down...
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