The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire: Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary
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The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire: Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary
Ballads, English -- England -- Yorkshire -- Texts; Songs, English -- England -- Yorkshire -- Texts
[Footnote 129: Ambrose Dudley, created earl of Warwick, 26 Dec. 1561,
with remainder, failing his issue male, to Robert Dudley, earl of
Leicester, and the heirs male of his body, K. G., _ob_. 1589, _s. p._,
and his brother Robert having died the year previous _s. p._, all his
honours became extinct.]
[Footnote 130: Thomas Ratcliffe, 3rd earl, summoned to Parliament v. p.
in his father's barony of Fitz-Walter, 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, 1554, K.
G; _ob_. 1583, _s. p._, and was succeeded by his brother Henry, K. G.]
[Footnote 131: Henry Carey, (s. and h. of William Carey, by Mary,
daughter of Thomas, earl of Wiltshire, sister of queen Anne Boleyn,
mother of queen Elizabeth,) created baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, co. Herts,
13 Jan. 1558-9, K. G; _ob_. 1597, and was succeeded by his s. and h.
George, K. G.]
[Footnote 132: Two only appear to have suffered death, according to a
rare tract of seven leaves, in verse, by Sampson Davie, entitled, "The
several Confessions of Thomas Norton and Christopher Norton, two of the
Northern Rebels, who suffered at Tyburn, and were drawn, hanged, and
quartered for treason May 27 (1570). Imprinted by William How for
Richard Jones." See _Notes and Queries_, 2nd S. vol. viii. 388; Strype's
_Annals_, vol. ii. part i. pp. 577-8; and Wordsworth's _White Doe of
Rylstone_.]
YORKE, YORKE FOR MY MONIE.[133]
BY W. E. (WILLIAM ELDERTON), A.D. 1584.
Yorke, Yorke for my monie:
Of all the citties that ever I see,
For mery pastime and companie,
Except the cittie of London.
As I came through the north countree,
The fashions of the world to see,
I sought for my mery companie,
To go to the cittie of London:
And when to the cittie of Yorke I came,
I found good companie in the same,
As well disposed to every game,
As if it had been at London.
Yorke, Yorke, &c.
And in that cittie what saw I then?
Knightes, squires, and gentlemen,
A shooting went for matches ten
As if it had been at London.
And they shot for twentie poundes a bowe,
Besides great cheere they did bestowe,
I never sawe a gallanter showe,
Except I had been at London.
Yorke, Yorke, &c.
These matches you shall understande,
The earle of Essex took in hande,
Against the good earle of Cumberlande,
As if it had been at London.
And agreede these matches all shall be
For pastime and good company,
At the cittie of Yorke full merily
As if it had been at London.
Yorke, Yorke, &c.
In Yorke there dwells an alderman, which
Delights in shooting very much,
I never heard of any such
In all the cittie of London.
His name is Maltbie,[134] mery and wise,
At any pastime you can devise,
But in shooting all his pleasure lyes,
The like was never in London.
Yorke, Yorke, &c.
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