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" A whole gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom at Dunmow well known ; Tho' the pleasure be ours, the bacon's your own. "
Royal Illustrated History of Eastern England: Civil, Military, Political ... - Page 50
by A. D. Bayne - 1873
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain, Volume 2

John Brand - 1900 - 574 pages
...in the quire. If to these conditions, without all feare, Of your own accord you will freely swcare, A whole gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave : 1'or this is our custom at Dunmow well knowne, Though the pastime be ours, the bacon's your own."...
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation Source, Or Origin of ...

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1905 - 1538 pages
...unmarried again ; Or, iu a twelvemonth aud a day, RejHMited not in thought any way. If to these terms, without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A gammon of liacon you shall receive, And hear it hence with our good leave. For this is our custom at....
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Through East Anglia in a Motor Car

James Edmund Vincent - 1907 - 482 pages
...not in thought any way ; But continued true and in desire, As when you joined hands in holy quire. If to these conditions, without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom...
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History of the English Landed Interest: From the Roman occupation to the ...

Russell Montague Garnier - 1908 - 432 pages
...thought any way ; But continued true and in desire As when you joyned hands in holy Quire. If to thesj conditions, without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A Gamon of Bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom...
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The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record, Volume 3

1908 - 336 pages
...unmarried again ; Or, in a twelvemonth and a day Repented not in thought anyway. If to these terms, without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with our good leave, For this our custom at Dunmow...
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William Harrison Ainsworth and His Friends, Volume 2

Stewart Marsh Ellis - 1911 - 530 pages
...Since to these conditions, without any fear. Of your own accord you do freely swear, A whole flitch of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom at Dunmow well known, Though the pleasure be ours, the bacon's your own." Ainsworth then...
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Eighteenth-century Modernizations from The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1991 - 286 pages
...Word; Or since the Parish Clerk said Amen, Wished yourselves unmarried again; Or in a Twelve Month and a Day, Repented not in Thought any Way; But continued...Fear, Of your own Accord you will freely swear, A Gammon of Bacon you shall receive, And carry it hence with Love and free Leave; For this is our Custom...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 42

1853 - 852 pages
...thought any way, But continued true in thought and desire, As when you joined hands in holy quire. If to these conditions, without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A whole догонит of bacon ye .-hall receive. And bear it home with love and good leare. For tliia is...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volumes 183-184

1848 - 820 pages
...hands in holy quire. If to these conditions, without fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A gammon of bacon you shall receive, And bear it hence with love and good leave j For this is our custom of Dnnmow well known, [own. Tho' the sport be ours, the bacon's your Upon...
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