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Bott neather shall the one nor the other so hynder this actioun, but in the end it shall triumphe.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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In the hynder end of those dayis that ar called the Holy dayis of Yule, past he, by consent of the gentilmen, to Hadingtoun, whare it was supposed the greatast confluence of people should be, boyth be reassoun of the toune and of the countrey adjacent.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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In the hynder parte of which base and stone, wherevpon this mightie beast did stande, I founde an assending place of seauen steps, to mount vp to the plaine superficies of the base wherevpon the _O_lyphant did stand.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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In the hynder ende, _Iupiter_ appoynting in hys steade, a prudent and subtill Sheepehearde as a Iudge, awakened by hym, as hee lay sleeping neere a most fayre Fountaine, whether of the three most fayre Goddesses, hee esteemed best worthie.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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Leauing towards both sides of the Olyphant so much space as might serue for any man to passe, eyther towarde the head or hynder haunches.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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In their goinge they carrye their hãds danglinge downe, and air dadil in a deer skinne verye excellẽtlye wel dressed, hanginge downe frõ their nauell vnto the mydds of their thighes, which also couereth their hynder partz.
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Marchaunt menne can seldome finde in theyr heartes to hynder theyr merchaundise with so greate yearly expenses.
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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It is told in the lawe, that a certen sowter, when he layd one of hys sowters vpon the hynder parte of the heade wyth a laste, he stroke oute one of hys eyes, and that for that deede he was punyshed by the lawe.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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As there be certen engins so full of worke and so curious, that they hynder the doynge of the busines.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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They shall take heede bothe to the master & to the sonne, neither shall they so caste away al care from thẽ as they are wonte to laye all the charge of the doughter vpon the spouse, but the father shall oftentyme looke vpon them, and marke whether he profite, remembrynge those thynges whych the olde men spake both sagely and wittely, that the forehead is set before the hynder part of the head: and that nothyng sooner fatteth the horse then the masters eye, nor that no dunge maketh the ground more fruitfull then the masters footyng.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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