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Examples
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And that lord was Duke Sevin who ruled wisely and well the rich duchies of Bordeaux and Aqui - taine.
Huon of the Horn Norton, Andre 1951
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[Fol.xv. v] [Sidenote: A sente [n] ce gra [-] uen of Bri - taine, in the commendaci - on of Cesar.]
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_Thesis_ is a reasonyng by question, vpon a matter vncer - taine.
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There is an other kinde of question called _hypothesis_, _hy [-] pothesis_ is called _questio finita_, that is to saie, a question cer - taine notyng a certaine persone, or thyng, a certaine place, tyme, and so forthe.
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THis question _Thesis_, which is a question, noting no cer - taine persone or thyng: is moche like to that Oracion,
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The result of the meeting, however, was that milder counsels prevailed so far as James was concerned: "They concluded that the King should be taine softlie without harm of his bodie, and conveyed to the Castle of Edinburgh with certain gentlemen," while Cochrane and the rest were seized and hanged over Lauder Brig.
Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets George Reid 1862
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Faith, I will liue so long as I may, that's the cer-taine
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Not where he eats, but where he is eaten, a cer-taine
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I play the noble huswife with the time, to enter-taine
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Brasse, Curre? thou damned and luxurious Moun-taine
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