It was not two men who had done all this singing and talking, but one--and that one a stoutcurtall friar who wore a long cloak over his portly frame, tied with a cord in the middle.
That will I do," said the curtall friar, "blow till your breath fails, an it please you.
This curtall fryer had kept Fountaines Dale Seven long yeeres and more, There was neither knight, lord, nor earle, Could make him yield before.
A boone, a boone, thou curtall fryer, I beg it on my knee; Give me leave to set my horne to my mouth, And to blow blasts three.
One of his best arrowes under his belt, To the fryer he let fly; The curtall fryer with his Steele buckler, Did put that arrow by.
And comming unto Fountaine Dale, No further he would ride; There he was aware of the curtall fryer, Walking by the water side.
Whose man art thou," said thecurtall fryer, "Comes here to prate with me?
That caused Will Scadlocke to laugh, He laughed full heartily: "There lives a curtall fryer in Fountaines Abbey Will beate both him and thee.
And whether his men shot east or west, Or they shot north or south, The curtall dogs so taught they were, They kept the arrows in their mouth.
This caused Will Scadlocke to laugh, He laught full heartily: "There lives a curtall fryer in Fountaines Abbey Will beate both him and thee.
One of his best arrowes under his belt To the fryer he let fly; The curtall fryer with his steel buckler Did put that arrow by.
Lightly leapt the fryer off Robin Hoods backe; 65 Robin Hood said to him againe, "Carry me over this water, thou curtall fryer, Or it shall breede thy pain.
And comming unto Fountaine Dale, No farther would he ride; There he was aware of the curtall fryer, Walking by the water side.
The full title is: The famous battell betweene Robin Hood and theCurtall Fryer.
The curtall fryer in Fountaines Abbey 25 Well can a strong bow draw; He will beat you and your yeomen, Set them all on a row.
A boone, a boone, thou curtall fryer, I beg it on my knee: Give me leave to set my horne to my mouth, And to blow blasts three.
The fragment here preserved is founded upon the ballads of Robin Hood and the Curtall Fryer, (p.
And whether his men shot east or west, Or they shot north or south, The curtall dogs, so taught they were, 135 They kept the arrows in their mouth.
I meane to enjoy the world, and to draw out my life at the wire-drawers; not to curtall it off at the cutlers.
Bullithrumble is paralleled by Curtall and Poppey in Lodge's Civill War (circa 1587).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "curtall" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
