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Damaske and veluet by the piece and not by the yard, and al maner of commodities that are to be sold by weight, not to sell by the small weights, as by the pound and ounce, but by whole sale: also they shall sel wines by the pipe: and by the gallon, quart or stoope they shal not sell.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Emperors sister the spouse of Spaine, with a Fleete of an 130. sailes, stoutly and proudly passed the narow Seas, your Lordship accompanied with ten ships onely of her Maiesties Name Roiall, enuironed their Fleet in most strange and warrelike sort, enforced them to stoope gallant, and to vaile their bonets for the Queene of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Afterwards, I comforted my selfe again, with thinking that peraduenture this was shee, according to the sacred Oracle and true speech, of the mighty Queene _Eleutherillida_: and therefore, that I should not shrinke or stoope vnder my burthen; for if I were not greatly deceiued, this was shee indeede.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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Should stoope: and yet, his radicall fivers burst, 100
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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Her thundry stoope from that on which shee preyes.
Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois George Chapman
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And to call _Theseus_ backe from his begunne imprese and bold attempt, and to terrifie the Gyant _Typhon_, and to make the proudest and stoutest heart whatsoeuer to quaile and stoope.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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And that it is necessarie there should be one supereminent, vnto whome all the residue should stoope: this fraile bodie of ours may giue vs sufficient instruction.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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And amongst other things, I verily beleeve it would have proved altogether incapable and unfit to yeeld unto force, or stoope unto violence.
Of the Institution and Education of Children. To the Ladie Diana of Foix, Countesse of Gurson. 1909
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To obey him I stoope downe like a monkey, visiting my weopon that he should not suspect.
Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Pierre Esprit Radisson 1673
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Most wretched man, stoope, bend thee to thy prayer,
The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke The First ('Bad') Quarto William Shakespeare 1590
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