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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.
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▪
He that hath it, and will not keep it; He that wants it, and will not seek it; He that drinks, and is not dry, Shall want money, as well as I.
Children pick up words, as Pigeons Pease, And utter them again, as God shall please.
Children pick up words, as Pidgeons Pease, And utter them again, as God shall please.