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And to the ende that heate or colde should the lesse trouble them, they vse to wade ouer brookes, and swimme ouer riuers, and so to rowme and to hunte the fieldes, and to eate and drinke in their armour, and wette clothes.
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Thow shalt worshipp the Lorde thy godd and hym only shalt thow serue/They in ther masse do lyfte vpp the breade and wyne/and euen in the rowme of godd they sett them furthe to be adored and worshipped of the poeple: now how farr this differrith from the vse of christes supper eich man may se.
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Perotto the Picarde, he made him to supplye the rowme of the deade
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Nor yitt meane we to truble any man in the peaceabill possessioun of thair guidis and rowmes, nor yitt to enreache [918] the Crowne, and far less any strangear, with your substance; for our derrest sone and dochter, the King and Quene, ar by Godis provisioun placeit in the rowme, quhair all men of jugement may weill considder thay have na neid of any manis guidis.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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In the lower they apparelled themselves, and in the higher rowme they played, being all open on the tope, that all behoulders might heare and see them.
A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent
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We went in to the Downie hillis; the hill opened, and we cam to an fair and large braw rowme in the day tym.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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"Thou madest rowme for it, and caused it to take rote, so that it fylled the lande."
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And to the ende that heate or colde should the lesse trouble them, they vse to wade ouer brookes, and swimme ouer riuers, and so to rowme and to hunte the fieldes, and to eate and drinke in their armour, and wette clothes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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And although a man growndlie learned all readie, may take moch proffet him selfe in vsing, by Epitome, to draw other mens workes for his owne memorie sake, into shorter rowme, as
The Scholemaster 1570
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Before that chapell there was a litle howsse, which he sayd ones in wynter tyme whan that there was litle rowme to couer the reliques, that it was sodenly broght & sett in that place.
The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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