 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1864 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...Master 1 Alas (qd his Master), good John, I am thy Master, strike me no more, I pray thee. Nay, wh*** (qd he), I know who thou art well enough ; and so...the poore man was cruelly beaten, and made a Summers Bird1 nevertheless. (l) Sometimes the phrase is Summer Bird; but of course the cuckoo is meant. " Some... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - عدد الصفحات: 330
...servant came thither with a great staff, and did beat me right sore, thinking it had been you; wherefore I was well pleased therewith." But ever after the...mistrust of him, though he had made him a cuckold. So the poor man was cruelly beaten and made a summer's bird [cuckoo] nevertheless. There was once a country... | |
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... also. When the old man came to bed to his wife, she demanded of him how he sped. He answered and said, "By my troth, wife, I have the trustiest servant in the world, and as faithful a wife; for my servant came thither with a great staff, and did beat... 