Which is worth three hundred pound a year,
to maintain thy good cow-hide.’
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‘Godamercy, Godamercy,’ quoth the tanner;
‘for this good deed thou hast done,
If ever thou comest to merry Tamworth,
thou shalt have clouting-leather for thy shone.’
a, b. A pleasant new ballad of King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth, as he rode a hunting with his nobles towards (b, to) Drayton Bass[et]. To an excellent new tune.
a. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson.