Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 228
out for thecontra-dance, which should be as gay as possible and given before the audience by all the performers. A jesteror fool in traditional garb, with bauble, cap, and bells, is in place in all these tableaux, save the second, and hemay dance with a tiny child, or with the squires lady, whose… … VII. Christmas Mumming (Masquerading). Chen came the merry masquers in,Hnd carols roared with blithesome din; White shirts supplied the masquerade,Hnd smutted cheeks the visors made:But, ob 1 what masquers richly digbtCan boast of faces half so bright 1 The Lord of Misrule (manager of the Christmas…
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