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For the lordes here han folk of certeyn nombre, als thei may suffise: but the grete Chane hathe every day folke at his costages and expenses, as with outen nombre.
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And therfore that that I have devised zou of certeyn contrees, that I have spoken of before, I beseche zoure worthi and excellent noblesse, that it suffise to zou at this tyme.
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In the beginning of the Christianne faithe (and yet amonge certeine schismatiques as thei saye) one whole lofe was consecrated, of suche bigguenesse, as when the Priest had broken it in a platter into smalle pieces, it, mighte suffise the whole multitude that ware at the masse to participate of.
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For the lordes here han folk of certeyn nombre, als thei may suffise: but the grete Chane hathe every day folke at his costages and expenses, as with outen nombre.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And therfore that that I have devised zou of certeyn contrees, that I have spoken of before, I beseche zoure worthi and excellent noblesse, that it suffise to zou at this tyme.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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So saying so he marshed offer to that teapod and tap it to that sing: bud to he grey suffise – what!
A Spaniard in the Works John Lennon 2000
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So saying so he marshed offer to that teapod and tap it to that sing: bud to he grey suffise - what!
A Spaniard In The Works Lennon, John, 1940-1980 1965
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And if it be vniustly taken away, as by vntrue and famous libels, the offenders recantation may suffise for his amends: so did the Poet
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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And this may suffise to shew the vse and nature of your cadences, which are in effect all the sweetnesse and cunning in our vulgar Poesie.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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By this figure is signified stay, support, rest, state and magnificence, your dittie then being reduced into the forme of a Piller, his base will require to beare the breath of a meetre of six or seuen or eight sillables: the shaft of foure: the chapter egall with the base, of this proportion I will giue you one or two examples which may suffise.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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