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Two Bookes of Horace His Satyres Englyshed choose

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[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The fyrst Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I Aiiii: A figge for them [...] They hauke, they hem, they hisse at me, I weight it not an hawe.
at fig, a, n.
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The seconde Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I Avii: The answer say the neuer thriftes, was giuen in the Cue, Well fare his hearte: the chuffes the same with deepe disprayse pursue.
at chuff, n.1
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The arte of Poetry’ in Horace his Satyres n.p.: A freshe hote younker cockebraine.
at cock-brain (n.) under cock, n.3
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The fyrst Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I Avi: Thy jacke, thy gille, thy kith, thy kinne doth prosecute thy fall.
at jack, n.1
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The seconde Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I B: Whilst sum men take care to kepe them cleane From blame, a blotte of one grosse sinne [...] Malkin to make him singular, a fashion freshe hath founde, He swings and swoupes from street to street, with gowne that sweepes the grounde, And thincke you Malkin wants his mates, no fye, that were a misse, [...] To proue himselfe a pretye man, and quaynte in his deuyse, He makes his garmente to be shapde, not so large a syse: For wote you what? he curtalls it, it hardlye hydes his rumpe.
at malkin, n.
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The Thyrd Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I Bii: A merry grigge, a iocande frende for euery sillye misse.
at merry grig (n.) under merry, adj.
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘To Iulius Florus’ in Horace his Satyres n.p.: A prigeman from him priuily his mony did purloyne.
at prig, n.1
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The seconde Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I Avii: The stewes, and stained house of drabbes [...] The beggers, and the tumblynge trulles.
at trull, n.
[UK] T. Drant (trans.) ‘The Seconde Satyre’ Horace his Satyres Bk I B: The younckers that are past the cure and charge Of Tutors graue, lyke lustye laddes, do loue to roue at large, To roiste, and reuell.
at younker, n.
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