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  • We libs onna drye sied ob Washintunn—lotts ob farmin here Yakima Valli but nawt lots ob sitty.

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  • Theise folk gon als wel undir the watir of the see, as thei don above the lond, alle drye.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And summe seyn, be here prophecyes, that a Lord, a prynce of the west syde of the world shalle wynnen the lond of promyssioun, that is the Holy Lond, withe helpe of Cristene men; and he schalle do synge a masse undir that drye tree, and than the tree schalle wexen grene and bere bothe fruyt and leves.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And be the chaungynge of tho flawmes, men of that contree knowen, whanne it schalle be derthe or gode tyme, or cold or hoot, or moyst or drye, or in alle othere maneres, how the tyme schalle be governed.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And thorghe that Flom passeden the children of Israel, alle drye feet: and thei putten stones there in the myddel place, in tokene of the myracle, that the watre withdrowghe him so.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And therfore thei don gret worschipe thereto, and kepen it fulle besyly; And alle be it so, that it be drye, natheles zit he berethe gret vertue: for certeynly he that hathe a litille there of upon him, it helethe him of the fallynge evylle: and his hors schalle not ben a foundred: and manye othere vertues it hathe: where fore men holden it fulle precyous.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Moyses zerde, with the whiche he made the Rede See departen, as it had ben a walle, on the righte syde and on the left syde, whils that the peple of Israel passeden the see drye foot: and with that zerde he smoot the roche; and the watre cam out of it: and with that zerde he dide manye wondres.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And at Egipt, toward the est, is the rede see, that durethe unto the cytee of Coston: and toward the west, is the contree of Lybye, that is a fulle drye lond, and litylle of fruyt: for it is over moche plentee of hete.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And there is a tree of oke, that the Sarazines clepen dirpe, that is of Abrahames tyme, the whiche men clepen the drye tree.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And it is drye and nothing fructuous; because that it hathe no moysture: and therefore is there so meche desart.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

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