| Thomas Percy - 1775 - 448 páginas
...following farcafm, A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales, dnd a laird of the North country ; Jiut a yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three. The ballad is printed from the E dit or' s folia MS. and feems to have been compofed by fome perfon, wht was coneerneJ in... | |
| Francis Grose - 1787 - 378 páginas
...Kentifli-men, i • . . j A Knight A Knight of Cales, a Gentleman of Wales, and a Laird of the North countree, A Yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent, will buy them out all three. Many very poor Gentlemen were knighted by Robert Earl of Eflex, in his expedition to Cales, AD 1596,... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1812 - 464 páginas
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| Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 páginas
...very seasonable. A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales, And a laird of the north country; — But a yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. f Sir Gelly rose into importance from the countenance of the Earl of Essex, and soon found himself... | |
| English poetry - 1839 - 374 páginas
...the North country ; But a yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent Will huy them out all three. The hallad is printed, with some corrections, from the Editor's folio MS. and seems to hare heen composed hy eome person, who was concerned in the expedition. Most of the circumstances related... | |
| Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 606 páginas
...whence the rhyme, " A knight of Cales, and a gentleman of Wales, And a laird of the north countree ; A yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three." Cales Knights were made in that voyage, by Robert earl of Essex, anno Domini 1596, to the number of... | |
| Thomas Fuller - 1840 - 608 páginas
...whence the rhyme, " A knight of Cales, and a gentleman of Wales, And a laird of the north conntree ; A yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three." Cales Knights were made in that voyage, by Robert earl of Essex, anno Domini 1596, to the number of... | |
| Thomas Ingoldsby - 1840 - 384 páginas
...whom the proverb ran : " A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Countree ; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent. Will buy them out all three ! " A cold sirloin, big enough to frighten a Frenchman, filled the place of honour, counter-checked... | |
| Henry Chettle - 1841 - 442 páginas
...following sarcasm : " A gentleman of Wales, a Jmight of Cales, And a laird of the north country; But a yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three." P. 39,1. 14,—" Will. Sommers," the celebrated jester to KingHenry VIII, and one of the most renowned... | |
| Percy Society - 1841 - 438 páginas
...following sareasm : " A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cnics, And a laird of the north country ; But a yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three." P. 39, 1. 14,—" Will. Sommers," the celebrated jester to King Henry VIII, and one of the most renowned... | |
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