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Done--If I wus a greete speler, I wouldnut bee a denist, but some kind of book riter person.
Dental Insurance-Part 1: A Good Idea? Dr. Dean Brandon 2006
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Secretly she sent a faithfull Chambermaide of her owne, to greete Anastasio on her behalfe; humbly entreating him te come see her: because now she was absolutely determined, to give him satisfaction in all which (with honour) he could request of her.
The Decameron 2004
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The greete kynge Brutus thanne theie dyd hym greete, 25
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Wyth such greete thoughtes as dyd with thee abyde,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Thus stoode Campynon, greete but hertlesse knyghte,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Such is greete Canynge's mynde when payrd to God elate.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Theie rose; ynne battle was greete Locryne sleene;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Most reuerend Fath9 in God, right trusty & welbeloued Counsello9, wee greete you well.
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In 1472 the archbishop's household was broken up, and the "greete klerkys and famous doctors" of his entourage went to Cambridge.
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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_ These officers make provysyons in seasons of the yere accordynge for fruytes to be had of the Kinges gardynes withoute prises; as cherryes, peares, apples, nuttes greete and smalle, for somer season; and lenten, wardens, quinces and other; and also of presentes gevyn to the Kinge; they be pourveyours of _blaundrelles_, pepyns, and of all other fruytes.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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