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CHILD SNODKYNS.

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

CHILDE SNODKYNS hath taen uppe hys cane of price,

Hys Englishhe hatte besyde,

And hyed hym hence to the Avenue,

All on an eventyde.

He has given the twirl of a Vandyke twiste

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To hys fainte displaye ofdowne,

Porte chucks and Muckyres of lowe degree

All tremble atte hys frowne.

All careless he walketh, a proof to smyles

A full half-mile or more,

When he is aware of a nut-brown mayd

That walketh on before.

All browne is her kirtle and eke her snoode,

And browne the clustering curls;

Full wel he knoweth the jaunty gait

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