...But tbusjhe does ftill when Jhe pleafes to palter, Inftead of his Wages, Jhe gives him a Halter. (59) Three merry Boys, and three merry Boys, And three merry Boys are we, As ever didfing three Parts in a String All under the trifle Tree. II. But I that wasfo lufty, And...

...HAWKINS. (VoL. IV. p. 178.) three merry men -we be. The wife men were but feaven, ne'er more (hall be for me; The mufes were but nine, the worthies three times three; And three merry boyes, and three merry boyes, and three merry boyes are wee. The vertues) they weie fcven, and three...

...And three merry men " And thru merry men be lui." Again in 7'ht Bhody Brother of B. and Fletcher, " Three merry boys, and three merry boys, " And three merry boys are we, " As ever did fing, three parts in a ftring, •« All under the triple tree." STEEVBNS. 7 A Cozier...

...humorous that I can recollect is the following : 1 , " The wife men were but feaven, nor more fliiill be for me ; " The mufes were but nine, the worthies three times three ; " And three merry boyes, and three merry boyes, ami three merry boyes are wee, €lo. Belhrew me, the knight's in admirable...

...Bacchus, god of mirth and wine. GLEE. For three Voice:. TH E wife men were but feven, Ne'er more (hall be for me ; The mufes were but nine ; The worthies...virtues they were feven, And three the greater be ; The Cxfar's they were twelve, And the fatal fitters three ; And three merry girls, and three merry girls,...

...three merry men " And three merry men be we." Again, in The Bloody BrothtTf of the same authors : " Three merry boys, and three merry boys, " And three merry boys are we, •' As ever did sing, three parts in a string, " All under the triple tree." Again in Ram-alley, or...

...molt humorous that I can recollect, is the following : " The wife men were but feaven, nor more Ihall be for me ; " The mufes were but nine, the worthies three times three ; " And three merry boyes, and three merry boyes, and three merry boyes are wee. " The vertues they were feven, and three...

...humorous that I can recoHcct, is the following: " The vrife men were but fea'ven, nor more fliallbe, for me ; «' The mufes were but nine, the' worthies three times three ; **' And three merry boyes, and Sir'ee> merry boyes,, and three merryboyes are wee., * " The vertues they were feven, ah'd"...

...farce mingled with it, there are three state criminals led to be hanged, who join in the old catch,, And three merry boys, And three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, As ever did sing Three parts in a string, All under the triple tree. the story of Bassianus and Geta...

...thus the docs still when she pleases to palter, [halter. Instead of his wages, she gives him a Chorus. Three merry boys*, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we, * Three merry loyt, &c.] In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, net ii. scene S, Sir Toby, repeating the names...