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Their "commandements" ran thus: — “Ton Dieu, ton Roy, tu serviras
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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Last year Wain's overlooked comedy inspired by those ten very famous commandements came and went from theaters quite quickly.
David Wain Talks ‘The Ten,’ And Winona Ryder Puppet Sex » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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Mooved neverthelesse and entreated by the intercessions of them, who were (as we are) mortals; and having diligently observed his commandements, are now with him in eternall blessednes.
The Decameron 2004
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God nor his commandements, it appeared that their youthes and wilde heades did not remember it, one of their names was Emanuel
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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A letter of M. Harborne to Mustapha, challenging him for his dishonest dealing in translating of three of the Grand Signior his commandements.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Iesus Christ, sonne of God haue mercy upon vs: and this is their prayer, so that the most part of the vnlearned know neither Pater noster, nor the Beliefe, nor Ten commandements, nor scarcely vnderstand the one halfe of their seruice which is read in their
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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They holde for a maxime amongst them, that the olde Lawe, and the commandements also are abolished by the death and blood of Christ: all studies and letters of humanitie they vtterly refuse: concerning the Latine, Greeke, and Hebrew tongues, they are altogether ignorant in them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Terneis de Santisso, to bring all the forces against vs that they could possible raise, thinking no way so good to assure that place, as to bring an army thither, where withall they might either besiege vs in their base towne, if we should get it, or to lie betweene vs and our place of imbarking, to fight with us vpon the aduantage; for they had aboue 15000 souldiers vnder their commandements.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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As touching the Lords praier, the tenth man amongst them knowes it not: and for the articles of our faith, and the ten commandements, no man, or at the least very fewe of them doe either know them or can say them: their opinion is, that such secrete and holy things as they are should not rashly and imprudently be communicated with the common people.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And touching those there for the company, your are to defend them according to your priuiledge and such commandements as you haue had hence, in the best order you may.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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