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The bill, called "felles ekteskapslov" in Norwegian, will also ensure that children of lesbian couples will have two legal parents from the beginning of life, and that married homosexuals will be evaluated as adoptive parents along the same lines as heterosexual couples.
Gays win marriage rights in Norway... GayandRight 2008
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Gnidanes (nexte neighbours to the Maces) when they giue battaylle to the ostruthes, their brieding vnder the grounde, are armed with rawe felles of beastes.
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Against colde and other stormes, thei wrapped their bodies in felles, and hides of beastes, and Mice skinnes.
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These al being of the part called Libye, liue for the moste parte a wilde lyfe abrode in the fieldes like beastes, making no household prouision of meate, ne wearing any maner of appareil but gotes felles.
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Their bodies are all naked, sauing their priuities, whiche they hide with felles of beastes.
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-- "Wear no iron, nor haircloth, nor _irspilles_ felles."
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"Wear no iron, nor haircloth, nor _irspilles felles_" -- that is, no
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Englishmen followed, yet impeached with the desart grounds and barren countrie, thorough which they must passe, as our felles and craggie mounteins, from hill to dale, from marish to wood, from naught to woorsse (as Hall saith) without vittels or succour, the king was of force constrained to retire with his armie, and returne againe to
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed
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Which although that of themselves they are not offensive at all, yet their great numbers are thought to be very prejudicial, and therefore justly reproved of many, as are in like sort our huge flocks of sheep, whereon the greatest part of our soil is employed almost in every place, and yet our mutton, wool, and felles never the better cheap.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart
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Which although that of themselves they are not offensive at all, yet their great numbers are thought to be very prejudicial, and therefore justly reproved of many, as are in like sort our huge flocks of sheep, whereon the greatest part of our soil is employed almost in every place, and yet our mutton, wool, and felles never the better cheap.
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