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Crewe

British  
/ kruː /

noun

  1. a town in NW England, in Cheshire: major railway junction. Pop: 67 683 (2001)

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The second and third stanzas share the little half-line refrain, "loveli, trewe", differently positioned and changing emphasis.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2013

Another equally original specimen of the judgment of Solomon is thus explained:— “The trewe and counterfeit to trye, She had rather lose her Ryght— Saying, the Soulders ware redy To clyve, with all their myght.”

From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by Madders, S. S.

Firste, to tell the Kinge the whole state of this realme, wt all things appartaynyng to the same, as myche as ye knowe to be trewe.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

And hertes colde, hem wolde I that he twiste To make hem love, and that hem leste ay rewe 1770 On hertes sore, and kepe hem that ben trewe.'

From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey

Wherefore, adew, my owne hert trewe, None other red I can: For I muste to the grene wode goo, Alone a bannysshed man.

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

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