urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:	edition	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1	eceptext	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.1	head	a long story
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.2	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.2.1	l	in britain's isle, no matter where,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.2.2	l	an ancient pile of building stands:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.2.3	l	the huntingdons and hattons there<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom">n:b: the house was built by the earls of huntingdon, & came from them to s[i]r christopher afterwards l[or]d keeper, hatton, prefer'd by q: elizabeth for his graceful person & fine dancing. [<bibl>garrett ms.</bibl>] </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.2.4	l	employed the power of fairy hands
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.3	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.3.1	l	to raise the ceiling's fretted height,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.3.2	l	each panel in achievements clothing,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.3.3	l	rich windows that exclude the light,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.3.4	l	and passages that lead to nothing.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.4	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.4.1	l	full oft within the spacious walls,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.4.2	l	when he had fifty winters o'er him,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.4.3	l	my grave lord-keeper led the brawls;<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom">[<emph>lord-keeper</emph>] [sir christopher] hatton [lord chancellor], prefer'd by queen elizabeth for his graceful person and fine dancing.<lb /> [<emph>brawls</emph>] an old fashion'd dance. [<bibl>garrett ms.</bibl>] </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.4.4	l	the seal and maces danced before him.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.5	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.5.1	l	his bushy beard and shoe-strings green,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.5.2	l	his high-crowned hat and satin-doublet,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.5.3	l	moved the stout heart of england's queen,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.5.4	l	though pope and spaniard could not trouble it.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.6	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.6.1	l	what, in the very first beginning!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.6.2	l	shame of the versifying tribe!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.6.3	l	your history whither are you spinning?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.6.4	l	can you do nothing but describe?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.7	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.7.1	l	a house there is (and that's enough)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.7.2	l	from whence one fatal morning issues
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.7.3	l	a brace of warriors, not in buff,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.7.4	l	but rustling in their silks and tissues.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.8	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.8.1	l	the first came cap-a-pee from france
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.8.2	l	her conquering destiny fulfilling,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.8.3	l	whom meaner beauties eye askance,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.8.4	l	and vainly ape her art of killing.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.9	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.9.1	l	the other amazon kind heaven
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.9.2	l	had armed with spirit, wit, and satire:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.9.3	l	but cobham had the polish given,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.9.4	l	and tipped her arrows with good-nature.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.10	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.10.1	l	to celebrate her eyes, her air---
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.10.2	l	coarse panegyrics would but tease her.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.10.3	l	melissa is her <emph xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">nom de guerre</emph>.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.10.4	l	alas, who would not wish to please her!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.11	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.11.1	l	with bonnet blue and capucine,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.11.2	l	and aprons long they hid their armour,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.11.3	l	and veiled their weapons bright and keen
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.11.4	l	in pity to the country-farmer.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.12	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.12.1	l	fame in the shape of mr. p---t
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.12.2	l	(by this time all the parish know it)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.12.3	l	had told that thereabouts there lurked
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.12.4	l	a wicked imp they call a poet,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.13	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.13.1	l	who prowled the country far and near,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.13.2	l	bewitched the children of the peasants,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.13.3	l	dried up the cows and lamed the deer,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.13.4	l	and sucked the eggs and killed the pheasants.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.14	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.14.1	l	my lady heard their joint petition,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.14.2	l	swore by her coronet and ermine,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.14.3	l	she'd issue out her high commission
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.14.4	l	to rid the manor of such vermin.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.15	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.15.1	l	the heroines undertook the task;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.15.2	l	through lanes unknown, o'er stiles they ventured,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.15.3	l	rapped at the door nor stayed to ask,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.15.4	l	but bounce into the parlour entered.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.16	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.16.1	l	the trembling family they daunt,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.16.2	l	they flirt, they sing, they laugh, they tattle,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.16.3	l	rummage his mother, pinch his aunt,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.16.4	l	and up stairs in a whirlwind rattle.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.17	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.17.1	l	each hole and cupboard they explore,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.17.2	l	each creek and cranny of his chamber,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.17.3	l	run hurry-skurry round the floor,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.17.4	l	and o'er the bed and tester clamber,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.18	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.18.1	l	into the drawers and china pry,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.18.2	l	papers and books, a huge imbroglio!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.18.3	l	under a tea-cup he might lie,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.18.4	l	or creased, like dogs-ears, in a folio.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.19	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.19.1	l	on the first marching of the troops
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.19.2	l	the muses, hopeless of his pardon,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.19.3	l	conveyed him underneath their hoops
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.19.4	l	to a small closet in the garden.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.20	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.20.1	l	so rumour says (who will, believe)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.20.2	l	but that they left the door ajar,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.20.3	l	where, safe and laughing in his sleeve,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.20.4	l	he heard the distant din of war.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.21	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.21.1	l	short was his joy. he little knew
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.21.2	l	the power of magic was no fable.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.21.3	l	out of the window, whisk, they flew,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.21.4	l	but left a spell upon the table.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.22	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.22.1	l	the words too eager to unriddle,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.22.2	l	the poet felt a strange disorder:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.22.3	l	transparent birdlime formed the middle,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.22.4	l	and chains invisible the border.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.23	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.23.1	l	so cunning was the apparatus,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.23.2	l	the powerful pothooks did so move him,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.23.3	l	that, will he, nill he, to the great-house<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> [<emph>great-house</emph>] so the country people call it. [<bibl>garrett ms.</bibl>] </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.23.4	l	he went, as if the devil drove him.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.24	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.24.1	l	yet no his way (no sign of grace,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.24.2	l	for folks in fear are apt to pray)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.24.3	l	to phoebus he preferred his case,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.24.4	l	and begged his aid that dreadful day.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.25	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.25.1	l	the godhead would have backed his quarrel,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.25.2	l	but, with a blush on recollection,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.25.3	l	owned that his quiver and his laurel
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.25.4	l	'gainst four such eyes were no protection.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.26	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.26.1	l	the court was sate, the culprit there,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.26.2	l	forth from their gloomy mansions creeping
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.26.3	l	the lady janes and joans repair,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.26.4	l	and from the gallery stand peeping:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.27	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.27.1	l	such as in silence of the night
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.27.2	l	come (sweep) along some winding entry
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.27.3	l	(styack<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> [<emph>styack</emph>] the house-keeper. </note> has often seen the sight)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.27.4	l	or at the chapel-door stand sentry;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.28	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.28.1	l	in peaked hoods and mantles tarnished,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.28.2	l	sour visages, enough to scare ye,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.28.3	l	high dames of honour once, that garnished
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.28.4	l	the drawing-room of fierce queen mary!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.29	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.29.1	l	the peeress comes. the audience stare,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.29.2	l	and doff their hats with due submission:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.29.3	l	she curtsies, as she takes her chair,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.29.4	l	to all the people of condition.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.30	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.30.1	l	the bard with many an artful fib
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.30.2	l	had in imagination fenced him,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.30.3	l	disproved the arguments of squib,<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> [<emph>squib</emph>] [james squibb] groom of the chambers. </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.30.4	l	and all that groom<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> [<emph>groom</emph>] the steward. </note> could urge against him.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.31	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.31.1	l	but soon his rhetoric forsook him,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.31.2	l	when he the solemn hall had seen;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.31.3	l	a sudden fit of ague shook him,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.31.4	l	he stood as mute as poor macleane.<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="bottom"> [<emph>macleane</emph>] a famous highwayman hang'd the week before. </note>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.32	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.32.1	l	yet something he was heard to mutter,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.32.2	l	'how in the park beneath an old-tree
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.32.3	l	'(without design to hurt the butter,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.32.4	l	'or any malice to the poultry,)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.33	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.33.1	l	'he once or twice had penned a sonnet;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.33.2	l	'yet hoped that he might save his bacon:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.33.3	l	'numbers would give their oaths upon it,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.33.4	l	'he ne'er was for a conjurer taken.'
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.34	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.34.1	l	the ghostly prudes with hagged face
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.34.2	l	already had condemned the sinner.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.34.3	l	my lady rose and with a grace---
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.34.4	l	she smiled, and bid him come to dinner.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.35	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.35.1	l	'jesu-maria! madam bridget,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.35.2	l	'why, what can the viscountess mean?'
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.35.3	l	(cried the square hoods in woeful fidget)
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.35.4	l	'the times are altered quite and clean!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.36	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.36.1	l	'decorum's turned to mere civility;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.36.2	l	'her air and all her manners show it.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.36.3	l	'commend me to her affability!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.36.4	l	'speak to a commoner and poet!'
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.37	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.37.1	head	<emph xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">(here 500 stanzas are lost.)</emph>
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.37.2	l	and so god save our noble king,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.37.3	l	and guard us from long-winded lubbers,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.37.4	l	that to eternity would sing,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ALongStory.English.1716_lost:1.37.5	l	and keep my lady from her rubbers.