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[UK] Trial of Treasure B: Cockes soule: what bragging knaues haue we here. [...] Cockes precious soule, let us conquer the knaue.
at cock, n.1
[UK] Trial of Treasure Aiii: Moste like I haue ridden on the flying Pegasus, Or in Cock Lorel’s barge I haue been ventringe.
at cock lorel, n.
[UK] Trial of Treasure E: My mouse my nobs and cony swete My hope and ioye my whole delight.
at cony, n.
[UK] Trial of Treasure Aiii: What the Deuill ailed me to singe thus.
at what the devil...?, phr.
[UK] Trial of Treasure Dii: If ye chaunce to tell any tales of these gentlewomen, With fleshe hokes and nayles, you are like to be rent.
at flesh hooks (n.) under flesh, n.
[UK] Trial of Treasure Biii: Now welcome in faith, and good Gredy gutte also.
at greedy-gut, n.
[UK] Trial of Treasure E: My mouse my nobs and cony swete My hope and ioye my whole delight.
at mouse, n.
[UK] Trial of Treasure Cii: I would this luberly knaue had the pip.
at pip, n.1
[UK] Trial of Treasure Biiii: By the masse, and well said, but first let us sing, I must tune my pipes first of all with drinking.
at pipes, n.1
[UK] Trial of Treasure Aiii: Hey rowse, fill all the pottes in the house.
at rouse, n.
[UK] Trial of Treasure Biii: That thou are not erected in faith it is pittie, As hie as three trees, and a halter will reache.
at three trees (n.) under three, adj.
[UK] Trial of Treasure Ciii: O maister Luste, she hath an amiable face, A tricker, a trimmer, in faith that she is.
at trimmer, n.1
[UK] Trial of Treasure Aiiii: Woundes and hartes who can abyde this. [...] Woundes and fleshe, I was almost down on my back.
at wounds!, excl.
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