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The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings,…
The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.
London: printed for Langly Curtiss, 1681
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Snow is white and lies in the Dike, And every man lets it lie: Pepper is black, and hath a good smack, And every man doth it buy.
The higher the Plum-tree, the riper the Plum; The richer the Cobbler, the blacker his Thumb.
The higher the Plum-tree, the riper the Plum; The richer the Cobler, the blacker his Thumb.
Bounce Buckram, Velvet's dear, Christmas comes but once a Year; And when it comes it brings good Cheer, But when it's gone it's never the near.
Bounce Buckram, Velvet's dear, Christmass comes but once a Year; And when it comes it brings good Chear, But when it's gone it's never the near.
He that buys Land, buys many Stones; He that buys Flesh, buys many Bones; He that buys Eggs, buys many Shells; But he that buys good Ale, buys nothing else▪