...probation. Mar. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes,* nor witch...

...the first, perhaps, of uninspired writers. " Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath...

...fearful summons"), and Marcellus explains the role the cock's crow plays in the Christmas season, when "The bird of dawning singeth all night long, / And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad" (1.1.147-61). References to "Who Killed Cock Robin?" ("Who'll read the book?...

...Day. " Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes. \Vherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. This bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No jaiiy takes, nor witch...

...going to a feast. Ben Jonson, Epicoene (1609) 10 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch...

...faded on the crowing of the cock. QJ Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch...

...faded on the crowing of the cock. *» Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch...

...STRIKE Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch...

...ground.) It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated. The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then (they say) no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch...

...probation. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch...