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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)

Note 377 — 45 KING JOHN AND THE BISHOP

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The King and the Bishop, or,

Unlearned Men hard matters out can find When Learned Bishops Princes eyes do blind.

To the Tune of Chievy Chase. Printed for F. Coles, T. Vere, and J. Wright (1655-80). Printed for J. Wright, Clarke, W. Thackeray, and T. Passenver.

The Old Abbot and King Olfrey. To the tune of the Shaking of the Sheets. Printed by and for A. M., and sold by the booksellers of London.

J. Wright's date is 1650-82, T. Passinger's, 1670-82. Chappell.

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