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Therefore if ye make your staffe of eight, by two fowers not entertangled, it is not a huitaine or a staffe of eight, but two quadreins, so is it in ten verses, not being entertangled they be but two staues of fiue.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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La délibération a été remise à huitaine selon l'usage.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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L'académie a remis à huitaine pour s'occuper de ces trois médailles.
The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat
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The sixth passenger squeezed himself back into the corner, and resumed: -- "M. Dubois ne m'attend pas: d'ailleurs je ne le connais pas: c'est égal; je me nicherai chez lui pour une huitaine de jours: j'y ferai de bonnes affaires."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 Various
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Apr ` es la huitaine, des vaisseaux nombreux amen ` erent l'Irlande affam ` ee d'immenses provisions de grains.
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Avec la somme que je vous donne les pauvres attendront la huitaine n ` ecessaire et pas une de leurs
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Therefore if ye make your staffe of eight, by two fowers not entertangled, it is not a huitaine or a staffe of eight, but two quadreins, so is it in ten verses, not being entertangled they be but two staues of fiue.
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