 There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame ; He took to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was callde by name : A woman fair and vertuous ; Lady, lady : Why should we not of her learn thus To live godly ? If this song of Corydon, &c., has not...  Yale Studies in English - Page 1901913Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 136 pages
...lady. A scrap from the edifying ballad of Susannah (published in 1592) — "A woman fair and virtuous; lady,' lady, Why should we not of her learn thus to live godly?" Merchant. 'A chap.' 153 Ropery. 'Ribaldry.' 'A roper' ('restio') is one who is or should be hanged.... | |
 | Wilhelm Steuerwald - 1881 - 180 pages
...Es ist dies der Refrain einer alten Ballade: »Of the godly constant wife Susanna,« welche beginnt: There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame; He took to wife a fair woman, Susanna she was call'd by name: A woman fair and virtuous; Lady, lady: Why should we not... | |
 | Archaeology - 1882 - 356 pages
...Sir Toby Belch in Twefth Niyht, is proof that the ballad was well known to Shakspere. It begins : — There dwelt a man in Babylon of reputation great by fame ; He tooke to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was call'd by name ; A woman faire and vertuous : Lady, Lady,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1886 - 566 pages
...als» very long, it will be sufficient here to give the first stanza : THE BALLAD OF CONSTANT SUSANNA. There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by...wife a faire woman, Susanna she was callde by name : P A woman fair and vertuous ; Lady, lady : Why should we not of her learn thus To live godly ? If... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1893 - 562 pages
...stanza: THE BALLAD OF CONSTANT SUSANNA. There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame, 15 He took to wife a faire woman, Susanna she was callde..., Lady, lady: Why should we not of her learn thus 20 To live godly? // this song of C ORY DON, &c. has not more merit, it is at least an evil of less... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1893 - 566 pages
...SUSANNA. There dwelt a man in Babylon Fle took to wife a faire woman, Of reputation great by fame, 15 Susanna she was callde by name; A woman fair and vertuous; Lady, lady: Why should we not of her learn thus ao To live godly? If this song of CORYDON, &c. has not more merit, it is at least an evil of less magnitude.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1893 - 176 pages
...conference. 123. lady, lady, a scrap from the edifying ballad of Susannah— " A woman fair and virtuous ; lady, lady, Why should we not of her learn thus to live godly P1' 124. merchant, chap. 125. ropery, ribaldry. A roper is one who is or should be hanged. 131. flirt-gill,... | |
 | Edward Woodall Naylor - Dance - 1896 - 252 pages
...Lady! Lady! Lady! Here is one verse of the ' Ballad of Constant Susanna,' to which Toby refers. * . ' There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by...faire woman, Susanna she was callde by name. A woman faire and vertuous, Lady, lady! Why should we not of her learn thus To live godly?' Farewell, Dear... | |
 | Louis Charles Elson - Music - 1900 - 408 pages
...found entire in the Pepys collection, but is prolix and dull. The verse alluded to by Sir Toby runs: " There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by fame ; He took to wife a fair woman, Susanna she was called by name: A woman fair and virtuous; Lady, Lady : Why should we not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1901 - 472 pages
...Collection, but is so poor a performance that it will be sufficient here to give the first stanza : ' There dwelt a man in Babylon Of reputation great by...Why should we not of her learn thus To live godly?' — TYRWHITT: A song with the same burthen is alluded to in Jonson's Magnetic Lady, ' Compass. As true... | |
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