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  • And therfore seyn sum men, whan thei dreden hem of thefes, on ony weye, or of enemyes; Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibet; that is to seyne, Jesus forsothe passynge be the myddes of hem, he wente: in tokene and mynde, that oure Lord passed thorghe out the Jewes crueltee, and scaped safly fro hem: so surely mowe men passen the perile of thefes.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • But the gode Cristene men, that ben stable in the feythe, entren welle withouten perile.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • But alle be it that thei ben with outen perile, zit natheles ne ben thei not with outen drede, whan that thei seen the develes visibely and bodyly alle aboute hem, that maken fully dyverse assautes and manaces in eyr and in erthe, and agasten hem with strokes of thondre blastes and of tempestes.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And therfore weren wee the more devout a gret del: and zit wee weren cast doun and beten down many tymes to the hard erthe, be wyndes and thondres and tempestes: but evere more God of His grace halp us: and so we passed that perilous vale, with outen perile and with outen encombrance.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • Now I have spoken of Bawme: and now also I schalle speke of an other thing, that is bezonde Babyloyne, above the flode of Nyle, toward the desert, betwene Affrik and Egypt: that is to seyn, of the gerneres77 of Joseph, that he leet make, for to kepe the greynes for the perile of the dere zeres.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And thei have no drede of no perile, whils thei han tho holy assches upon hem.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And thei have no drede of no perile, whils thei han tho holy assches upon hem.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • And therfore seyn sum men, whan thei dreden hem of thefes, on ony weye, or of enemyes; _Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibet_; that is to seyne, _Jesus forsothe passynge be the myddes of hem, he wente_: in tokene and mynde, that oure Lord passed thorghe out the Jewes crueltee, and scaped safly fro hem: so surely mowe men passen the perile of thefes.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Now I have spoken of Bawme: and now also I schalle speke of an other thing, that is bezonde Babyloyne, above the flode of Nyle, toward the desert, betwene Affrik and Egypt: that is to seyn, of the gerneres523 of Joseph, that he leet make, for to kepe the greynes for the perile of the dere zeres.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • But alle be it that thei ben with outen perile, zit natheles ne ben thei not with outen drede, whan that thei seen the develes visibely and bodyly alle aboute hem, that maken fully dyverse assautes and manaces in eyr and in erthe, and agasten hem with strokes of thondre blastes and of tempestes.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

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