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And warre he proues it plaine when we entered his ship,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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/Pardon Right Ho my boldnes for Dutifull zeale did pricke me to discouer that I and sithence they are abroache care of my credite dothe continuallie vrge mee not to be negligent or alowe vntill I haue by good proues confirmed and established them.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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[Sidenote: How proues of circũstaũces differ frõ Aristotels places.]
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Also proues and argumentes are taken oute of circũstaunces, partly of the person, partlye of the cause or thyng it self, and be called also of the Rethoricians places, neyther cleane contrarie to those that Aristotle hath taughte, neyther the very same: for some agree wyth them, some be all one, and some diuerse.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Is a world of happiness, that brings with it a kingdom in conceit, and makes a perfect adiunct in societie; shee's such a comfort as exceeds content, and proues so precious as canot be paralleld, yea more inestimable then may be valued.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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[Sidenote: Troians.] of their countrie hasarde their life: the Troians also wanted not for proues valiauntnes and al nobilitie, their péeres and
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So when proposicions be found, remaineth argumẽtaciõ or proues, called in Greke
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Is a much more heard of, then least desired to bee seene or knowne, she-kinde of serpent; the venom'd sting of whose poysonous tongue, worse then the biting of a scorpion, proues more infectious farre then can be cured.
Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle
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Eyes hauing [none], reiecting proues a sting [wunn (Roberts 87)]
Pamphilia, to Amphilanthus: A Sonnet Sequence from the Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 1621
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Wither'd and dead, and what seemd blisse proues hell.
Pamphilia, to Amphilanthus: A Sonnet Sequence from the Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 1621
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