O laith laith were our Scottish lords To weit their cork-heeld shoon; But ere that a' the play was plaid, They wat their heads aboon.
O laith, laith were our gude Scots lords To weet their cork-heeld shoon; But lang or a' the play was playd, They wat their hats aboon.
The bagges and the bigirdles, He hath to-broke hem alle, That the erl Avarous Heeld and hise heires.
Ac yet I cryde on my confessour, That heeld hymself so konnyng; "By my feith!
Ialous he was, and heeld hir narwe in cage, For she was wilde and yong, and he was old 3225 And demed him-self ben lyk a cokewold.
His sone, which that highte Balthasar, That heeld the regne after his fader day, He by his fader coude nought be war, 3375 For proud he was of herte and of array; And eek an ydolastre was he ay.
I ne heeldme never digne in no manere To be your wyf, no, ne your chamberere.
This is al and som, he heeld virginitee More parfit than wedding in freletee.
Whylom ther was dwellinge at Oxenford A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord, And of his craft he was a Carpenter.
Al the whyl that Gamelyn · heeld his mangerye, 345 His brother thoughte on him be wreke · with his treccherye.
To liven in delyt was ever his wone, 335 For he was Epicurus owne sone, That heeld opinioun, that pleyn delyt Was verraily felicitee parfyt.
And to the tree she gooth ful hastily, And on this faucon loketh pitously, 440 And heeld hir lappe abrood, for wel she wiste The faucon moste fallen fro the twiste, When that it swowned next, for lakke of blood.
Whitaker's text here adds a passage relating to Tobias:-- Marie Magdalene By mores levede and dewes; Love and leel byleyve Heeld lyf and soule togedere.
Johnny Heeld came down to the house and said i had got things all mixed up and father made me give back the dollar.
Johnny Heeld he hadent ought to have let me try such a hard job.
Carpenters finished the Starboard side, and at 9 heeld the Ship the other way, and hauld her off about 2 feet for fear of Neaping.
Got all the Empty Casks on shore, and set the Coopers to Work to repair them; Heeld and Boot Topt the Starboard side.
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