 | Alfred Waites - 1886 - 92 psl.
...signify a cook. In these rhymes ascribed to Hugh Bigot, which Camden has published, Brit. Col., 451 (upou what authority I know not), — " Were I in my castle...Bungey, Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for King of Cockeney," — the author, in calling London Cockeney, might possibly allude to that imaginary... | |
 | James John Hissey - 1889 - 468 psl.
...But Lord Bigod laughed at his poursuivant And stoutly thus did say : ' Were I in my castle of Bungay, Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockney.' The prospect from the castle walls is very fine. A green and wooded country stretches all... | |
 | James John Hissey - 1889 - 462 psl.
...But Lord Bigod laughed at his poursuivant And stoutly thus did say : ' Were I in my castle of Bungay, Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockney.' The prospect from the castle walls is very fine. A green and wooded country stretches all... | |
 | G. F. Northall - 1892 - 590 psl.
...Beccles for a puritan, Bungay for the poor, Halesworth for a drunkard, and Bilborough for a whore. ATI. Were I in my castle of Bungey, Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockeney. The river Waveney almost encompasses Bungay. Here Hugh Bigod, when the seditious barons put all England... | |
 | Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon - 1893 - 226 psl.
...strong castle of Bungey in Suffolk, he gave out this rhyme, therein vaulting it for impregnable. " Were I in my Castle of Bungey Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockney, meaning thereby King Henry II., then quietly possessed of London, whilst some other places... | |
 | Sir James Dixon Mackenzie (7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat) - 1896 - 582 psl.
...away he rode on his berry'black steed And sang with licence and glee, ' Were I in my castle of Bungay, Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockney.' " However, when Henry the King sat down before this castle and summoned it, Hovenden relates... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1899 - 646 psl.
...both care and skill require, 22. Well, well, is a word of malice, 141. Were I in my castle of Bungay, upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the king of Cockney, 213. Were it not for hope, the heart would break. Scotch. 261. Were things done twice, then... | |
 | William Alfred Dutt - 1901 - 448 psl.
...shook like a May-mawther, And he wish'd himself away : ' Were I out of my Castle of Bungay, And beyond the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockney. ' " Sir Hugh took three score sacks of gold, And flung them over the- wall ; Says, ' Go your... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - 1902 - 588 psl.
...country of cocaigne. . . . With us the lines cited by Camden in his Britannia, vol. i. col. 451, ' Were I in my castle of Bungey Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the king of Cockeney' whencesoever they come, indicate that London was formerly known by this satirical name; and hence a... | |
 | Vincent Stuckey Lean - 1902 - 550 psl.
...own Helmingham hard by. BLYTHEBURGH. See Beccles. BUNGAY. See Beccles. Were I in my castle of Bungay, Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the King of Cockeney. — Ho. (A saying of Hugh Bigod, temp. Hen. II., of the powerful family of Bigot.) The river Waveney... | |
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Were I in my castle of Bungey Upon the river of Waveney, I would ne care for the king of Cockeney... 
