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  • & bounded as folio wet '', viz ': By the Pasture Land of major Generall John Leueret on the souf' side thereof by the Lands of AVilliam Salter & James Baulston on the north, by the Lands of the sajd Jacob Elliott On the East & west sides thereof wit '' all & Singular the fruit 'proffitt' priueledges & euery Other the Appurtenances thereunto belonging.

    Suffolk deeds 1653

  • Frensche men be violating of the Appointment, (quhilk the Quene nor hir factioun can not deny to be manifestlie brokin be thame, in ma caisses than ane,) as that we wald knaw, gif the heipping of strangearis upoun strangearis above us, without our counsall or consent, be ane thing that may stand with the libertie of our realme, and with the proffitt of our commun wealth.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Quhat was thair commissioun and creddeit, is na farther knawin than the said Lord hes confessit, quhilk is, that large promeisses of proffitt was offerrit, gif he wald leiff the

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • The Quene Regent, ane woman that could mak hir proffitt of all handis, was nott ignorant how to compass hir awin mater; and thairfoir secreitlie sche gaif adverteisment to sum of

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • [LC] "A plaine declaracon, how greatlie the ffarmours of the Tobacco impost have bene endam - aged by that ffarme, and what proffitt and benefitt their labour & travell have brought to his Matie."

    The Records of the Virginia Company of London 1906

  • A request was likewise made in the behalfe of the Lady Dale who for that her people in Virginia doe not performe couenant ℯ with her accordinge to their Contract ℯ, but wronge her much in the proffitt ℯ of her land due vnto her, for wch cause shee is nowe sendinge ouer a

    The Records of the Virginia Company of London 1906

  • Wye it doth proffitt mee if shee could see mee blowne in a thousand peeces, to show I dye hir Marter, and in that peece of service I shall account my grave my eternall happynes.

    Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

  • I am resolved to hazard myselfe would that releive hir but to dye, and not to release hir, and then my Corps can have noe possibility of enioying hir, and what doth that proffitt mee.

    Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

  • I am resolved to hazard myselfe would that releive hir but to dye, and not to release hir, and then my Corps can have noe possibility of enioying hir, and what doth that proffitt mee.

    The Concealed Fansyes: A Play by Lady Jane Cavendish and Lady Elizabeth Brackley Jane Cheyne 1644

  • Wye it doth proffitt mee if shee could see mee blowne in a thousand peeces, to show I dye hir Marter, and in that peece of service I shall account my grave my eternall happynes.

    The Concealed Fansyes: A Play by Lady Jane Cavendish and Lady Elizabeth Brackley Jane Cheyne 1644

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