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Unhealthful is the melancholic earth: O let my Lord rest on Lucilia's lappe.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

For many a vice, as seith the clerk, Ther hongen upon Slowthes lappe Of suche as make a man mishappe, To pleigne and telle of hadde I wist.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

And yet I bred and fostered in thy lappe, Durst striue to ouerthrowe thy Capitol: And thy high Turrets lay as low as hell.

From The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge by Anonymous

His clothinge is full thynne; Ye must gyve the knight a lyveray, To lappe his body therein.

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Sidgwick, Frank

It apeareth sayth he, that the chyldren wer not so much brought vp in the mothers lappe, as in the mothers cõmunicacion.

From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard