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  • For thei ben not proude ne coveytous ne envyous ne wrathefulle ne glotouns ne leccherous; ne thei don to no man other wise than thei wolde that other men diden to hem: and in this poynt, thei fullefillen the 10 commandementes of God: and thei zive no charge of aveer ne of ricchesse: and thei lye not, ne thei swere not, for non occasioun; but thei seyn symply, ze and nay.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • For thei ben not proude ne coveytous ne envyous ne wrathefulle ne glotouns ne leccherous; ne thei don to no man other wise than thei wolde that other men diden to hem: and in this poynt, thei fullefillen the 10 commandementes of God: and thei zive no charge of aveer ne of ricchesse: and thei lye not, ne thei swere not, for non occasioun; but thei seyn symply, ze and nay.

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

  • '»Rofamopd, helikewife pretends to zive to the Tnnce of the CimhThi\s the Frincefi ti\btC\nd: i bis Daughter, whjfe Beauty according to common Fame yields to none but B. ofaraondV i and by this double Marriage to joyn their Crowns in an eternal Alliance.

    Pharamond; or, The history of France. A fam'd romance in twelve parts; the whole work never before Englished; 1677

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