 | Thomas Percy - 1767 - 420 pages
...105 And layd them down upon the bord : All woe begone was John o' the Scales, Soe fhent he cold fay never a word. . He told him forth the good red gold, He told it forth with mickle dinne. I to The gold is thine, the land is mine, And now Ime againe the lord of Linne. Sayes, Have thou here,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads - 1794 - 426 pages
...105 And layd them down upon the bord ; All woe begone was John o' the Scales, Soe flient he cold fay never a word. He told him forth the good red gold, He told it forth mickle dinne. ito The gold is thine, the land is mine, And now Ime againe the lord of Linne. Sayes,... | |
 | Lady - 1807 - 1807 - 232 pages
...forth three bagges of gold, And layd them down upon the bord , All woe begone was John o'the Scales, So shent he cold say never a word. He told him forth the good redd gold, He told it forth with mickle dinne (1) ; The gold is thine, the land is mine, And now I... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Dilke - English drama - 1814 - 408 pages
...Chaucer and Spencer. It is used metaphorically for a pkce of gold coin. So in the " Heir of Linne :" " He told him forth, the good red gold, He told it forth with mickle diiine." mistress' favour ; not he that bears his leg on a stilt for his country's safety. Sop. Stay,... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...three baggs of gold, And layd them down upon the board : All woe begone was John o' the Scales, So shent he cold say never a word. He told him forth the good red gold, He told it forth with little din. The gold is thine, the land is mine, And now I'm again the lord of Linne. Says, have thou... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 432 pages
...the bagges of gold, And layd them doun upon the borde : All woe-begone was John o' the Scales ; So shent he cold say never a word. He told him forth...The gold is thine ; the land is mine ; And now Ime again the Lord of Linne !" Says, " Have thou here, thou good fellowe ; Forty pence thou didst lend... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 430 pages
...forth the bagges of gold, And layd them doun upon the borde : All woe-begone was John o' the Scales; So shent he cold say never a word. He told him forth...dinne. " The gold is thine ; the land is mine ; And now lme again the Lord of Linne !" Says, " Have thou here, thou good fellowe ; Forty pence thou didst lend... | |
 | Mark Aloysius Tierney - Arundel (England) - 1834 - 382 pages
...at his word, closed the contract, and, to the surprise and mortification of the " keen stewarde," " He told him forth the good red gold, " He told it forth with mickle clinne ; " The gold is thine, the land is mine, " And now Ime againe the Lord of Linne. " Now welladay... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1841 - 440 pages
...gold, And laid them down upon the board ; All woe-begoue sat John o' the Scales, So shent he could say never a word. He told him forth the good red gold, He told it forth wi' mickle din ; The gold is thine, the land is mine, And now I'm again the lord of Limie. Now well-a-day,... | |
 | Barbara Hofland - 1843 - 974 pages
...assembly; and one and all, yielding to a generous impulse, gave utterance to a hearty hurrah. CHAPTER VL He told him forth the good red gold, He told it forth...The gold is thine, the land is mine, And now I'me again the Lord of UnneThe Heir of L»* NOTWITHSTANDING that Astley, on the mom ing that he had visited... | |
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I drawe you to record, lords," he said, With that he cast him a gods-pennie : " Now by my fay," sayd the heire of Linne, " And here, good John, is thy money." And he pull'd forth three bagges of gold, And layd them down upon the bord ; All woe begone... 
