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And vpon their heades doe vse a certeine attire, not muche vnlike the veluet bonette of olde Englande: wherof the one lappe so hangeth vppon whiche side semeth her good: that when she is disposed to go out of the doores, or to come amongest menne within the house, she maie hide therwith by and by her whole face, sauyng her eyes.
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And therefore whether it go with them or against them, thei lappe it vp in scilence.
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Which the yong Damosel perceiving, and drawing him into her lappe, weeping saide: Alas sweete Friend, What paine doest thou feele?
The Decameron 2004
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With many counterfet sobbes, sighes, and teares these words were delivered; and drawing foorth from under her gowne, a very faire and rich purse, as also a Girdle of great worth, she threw them into the Friars lappe.
The Decameron 2004
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And looke whom he liked, he must laie doune in her lappe, suche somme of money as pleased him.
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As also to present their maidens that are vpon mariage, to the kyng, whiche choosyng emong them the maiden that liketh hym beste, sieketh in her lappe, that aftre can neuer bee founde.
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Vpon this horse the Metropolitane sitteth sidelong, like a woman: in his lappe lieth a faire booke, with a crucifix of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The Spachi weare caps or bonnets like to the caps of Sergeants, but the Ianizaries after another sort, with a lappe falling downe behinde like a French-hoode, and hauing before a great piece of wrought siluer on their heads.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Ouer this stately Chariot tryumphant, I behelde a most white Swanne, in the amorous imbracing of a noble Nymph, the daughter of _Theseus_, of an incredible beautie: and vpon her lappe, sitting the same Swanne, ouer her white thighes.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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A loft vppon the same did sit a most singuler fayre Nymph, richly apparelled in cloth of golde and blewe silke, dressed lyke a virgine, and adorned with innumerable sortes of Pearles and stone; she shewed an affectious delight, to beholde droppes of golde fall from heauen into her lappe.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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