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... common of it . TOX . To speake of shootinge Philologe , trulye I woulde I were so able , either as I my selfe am willing or yet as the matter deserueth , but seing with wisshing we can not haue one nowe worthie , whiche so worthie a ...
... common of it . TOX . To speake of shootinge Philologe , trulye I woulde I were so able , either as I my selfe am willing or yet as the matter deserueth , but seing with wisshing we can not haue one nowe worthie , whiche so worthie a ...
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... common wealthes hath moste vsed it , howe honeste a thynge it is for all men , what kynde of liuing so euer they folow , what pleasure and profit cometh of it , both in peace and warre , all maner of tongues & writers , Hebrue , Greke ...
... common wealthes hath moste vsed it , howe honeste a thynge it is for all men , what kynde of liuing so euer they folow , what pleasure and profit cometh of it , both in peace and warre , all maner of tongues & writers , Hebrue , Greke ...
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... common wealthes alwayes hath bene tempered ; surelye if I were one of the parliament house , I woulde not fayle , to put vp a bill for the amendment of this thynge , but because I am lyke to be none this yeare , I wil speake no more of ...
... common wealthes alwayes hath bene tempered ; surelye if I were one of the parliament house , I woulde not fayle , to put vp a bill for the amendment of this thynge , but because I am lyke to be none this yeare , I wil speake no more of ...
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... common and necessarye of all : but surely yf a feaste beynge neuer so great , lacked bread , or had fewsty and noughty bread , all the other daynties shulde be vnsauery , and litle regarded , and than woulde men talke of the commodity ...
... common and necessarye of all : but surely yf a feaste beynge neuer so great , lacked bread , or had fewsty and noughty bread , all the other daynties shulde be vnsauery , and litle regarded , and than woulde men talke of the commodity ...
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... common wealthe , than that there shoulde be alwayes one or other , excellent passyng man , whose lyfe and vertue , shoulde plucke forwarde the will , diligence , laboure and hope of all other , that folowyng his footesteppes , they ...
... common wealthe , than that there shoulde be alwayes one or other , excellent passyng man , whose lyfe and vertue , shoulde plucke forwarde the will , diligence , laboure and hope of all other , that folowyng his footesteppes , they ...
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