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From thence I came into the dining chamber, where the Duke himselfe sate at his table without cloth of estate, in a gowne of siluer, with a crowne emperiall vpon his head, he sate in a chaire somewhat hie:
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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His looue vnto our Soueraigne, brings him downe, from his emperiall seate, to marche in pay vnder our English Flagge, and weare the crosse, like some high order on his manly breast.
Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590
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Duke himselfe sate at his table without cloth of estate, in a gowne of siluer, with a crowne emperiall vpon his head, he sate in a chaire somewhat hie: There sate none near him by a great way.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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The first and greatest one, commaunding all, The soule of mischiefes old created mother, Was _Don Alphonso Bassan_, proud in brall, The Marques _Sancta Cruces_ onely brother; Him shee coniures by typ’s emperiall, And all that falshoods seeming trueth could couer, To vndertake this hie (she termed it) act, Which craues a curse of all that reads the fact.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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