Love
Pierce did love fair Petronel
From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1891)
Love
Pierce did love fair Petronel
Because she sang and danced well
And gallantly could prank it;
He pulled her and he haul'd her
And oftentimes he call'd her
Primrose pearls prick'd in a blanket.
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Codex Note
From Giles Farnaby's Canzonets, 1598.
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