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... speake as the comon people do , to thinke as wise men do : and so shoulde euery man vnder- stande hym , and the iudgement of wyse men alowe hym . Many English writers haue not done so , but vsinge straunge wordes as latin , french and ...
... speake as the comon people do , to thinke as wise men do : and so shoulde euery man vnder- stande hym , and the iudgement of wyse men alowe hym . Many English writers haue not done so , but vsinge straunge wordes as latin , french and ...
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... speake this Philologe , for I wolde not saye thus moche afore yong men , for they wil take soone occasion to studie litle ynough . But I saye it therfore bicause I knowe , as litle studie getteth litle learninge or none at all , so the ...
... speake this Philologe , for I wolde not saye thus moche afore yong men , for they wil take soone occasion to studie litle ynough . But I saye it therfore bicause I knowe , as litle studie getteth litle learninge or none at all , so the ...
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... speake of shoting & what good thinges shooting bringes to men as my wit & knowlege will serue me , gladly shall I say my mind . But how the thing is to be learned I will surely leue to some other which bothe for greater experience in it ...
... speake of shoting & what good thinges shooting bringes to men as my wit & knowlege will serue me , gladly shall I say my mind . But how the thing is to be learned I will surely leue to some other which bothe for greater experience in it ...
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... speake truthe alwayes & neuer lye . The Romaines ( as Leo themperour in his boke of sleightes of warre telleth ) had a lawe that euery man shoulde vse shoting in peace tyme , while he was .xl . yere olde and that euerye house shoulde ...
... speake truthe alwayes & neuer lye . The Romaines ( as Leo themperour in his boke of sleightes of warre telleth ) had a lawe that euery man shoulde vse shoting in peace tyme , while he was .xl . yere olde and that euerye house shoulde ...
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... speake it ernestly , the wil I , not only thinke as you do , but become a shooter and do as you do . But yet beware I saye , lest you for the great loue you bear towarde shotinge , blindlie iudge of shootinge . For loue & al other to ...
... speake it ernestly , the wil I , not only thinke as you do , but become a shooter and do as you do . But yet beware I saye , lest you for the great loue you bear towarde shotinge , blindlie iudge of shootinge . For loue & al other to ...
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