XII mery Iests, of the wyddow Edyth [by Walter Smith] |
[This lying widow, false and craftie] |
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XII mery Iests, of the wyddow Edyth | ||
[This lying widow, false and craftie]
This lying widow, false and craftie,Late ī Englād, hath deceiued many:
Both men and women of euery degree,
As wel of the Spiritual, as temporaltie
Lordes, Knights, and Gentlemen also:
Yemen, Groomes & that not long ago,
For in the time of King Henry the eight
She hath vsed many a suttle sleight,
What with lieng, weepyng & laughyng
Dissemblyng, boastyng, and flatteryng,
As by this Booke hereafter doth appere
Who so list the matter now for to here:
No fayned Stories, but matters in deed
Of .xii. of her Iestes, here may ye reede.
Now newly printed, this present yeare,
For such as delite, mery Iests for to here.
XII mery Iests, of the wyddow Edyth | ||