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Castle of Bungay (My)

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“Were I in my Castle of Bungay

V pon the riuer of Waueney,

I would ne care for the King of Cockney.”

Attributed to Lord Bigod of Bungay. The lines are in Camden’s Britannia (edit. 1607). The events referred to in the ballad belong to the reign of Stephen or Henry II. (See Bar-sur-Aube, page 100, col. 1.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cast in One’s Lot (To)
Cast into One’s Teeth (To)
Cast of the Eye (A)
Cast Pearls before Swine (To)
Casting Vote
Castagnette (Captain)
Castaly
Caste
Castle Builder (A)
Castle in the Air
Castle of Bungay (My)
Castle of Indolence
Castle Terabil (or “Terrible”)
Castor
Castor and Pollux
Castor’s Horse
Casuist
Casus Belli (Latin)
Cat
Cat-call
Cat-eyed

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