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So this did pass on but one day,
she thus began to scold,
And for to lug him by the ears,
he said, Pray mistress hold
she thus began to scold,
And for to lug him by the ears,
he said, Pray mistress hold
Your peace, and do not make a noise,
Bow-bells they merrily go,
I love to hear them with all my heart,
and so do you also.
Bow-bells they merrily go,
I love to hear them with all my heart,
and so do you also.
Sirrah, then these words, she said,
what mean you thus to say?
His answer was, have you forgot,
mistress, the other day,
what mean you thus to say?
His answer was, have you forgot,
mistress, the other day,
When you in Salisbury-court did play,
there at your wanton game,
Bow-bells they then rang merrily,
have you forgot the same?
there at your wanton game,
Bow-bells they then rang merrily,
have you forgot the same?
Why Sirrah, who was there? she said,
He said, both you and me;
And since it was my lot that time,
your wanton tricks to see:
He said, both you and me;
And since it was my lot that time,
your wanton tricks to see:
If e’er you beat me any more,
while I with you do dwell,
For you playing at Frisky-huff,
I will my master tell.
while I with you do dwell,
For you playing at Frisky-huff,
I will my master tell.
A cursed blank, quoth she, it is
that I should be trapaned so,
I would not for five hundred pounds,
my husband should it know.
that I should be trapaned so,
I would not for five hundred pounds,
my husband should it know.
