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... hand a staff : This noble ' nsample to his sheep he yaf , That first he wrought , and afterward he taught , Out of the gospel he the wordés caught , And this figure he added yet thereto , That if gold rusté what should iron do ? For if ...
... hand a staff : This noble ' nsample to his sheep he yaf , That first he wrought , and afterward he taught , Out of the gospel he the wordés caught , And this figure he added yet thereto , That if gold rusté what should iron do ? For if ...
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... hand This garden full of flouris as they stand ? What shall I think , alas ! what reverence Shall I mester11 [ un ] to your excellence ? " Giff 12 ye a goddess be , and that ye like To do me pain , I may it not astert : Giff ye be ...
... hand This garden full of flouris as they stand ? What shall I think , alas ! what reverence Shall I mester11 [ un ] to your excellence ? " Giff 12 ye a goddess be , and that ye like To do me pain , I may it not astert : Giff ye be ...
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... hand . Accordingly he despatched Cardinal Bourchier , with other ecclesiastics , to the queen , to prevail upon her to give them up . After a long dialogue , the cardinal , per- ceiving the little progress he had made with her , finally ...
... hand . Accordingly he despatched Cardinal Bourchier , with other ecclesiastics , to the queen , to prevail upon her to give them up . After a long dialogue , the cardinal , per- ceiving the little progress he had made with her , finally ...
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... hands . And whether we think it good that we so shall do or not , yet I think it were not best suddenly thus to leave it all up ... hand of THOMAS MORE . WILLIAM TYNDALE . 1477-1536 . No subject is more interesting 52 [ HENRY VIII . MORE .
... hands . And whether we think it good that we so shall do or not , yet I think it were not best suddenly thus to leave it all up ... hand of THOMAS MORE . WILLIAM TYNDALE . 1477-1536 . No subject is more interesting 52 [ HENRY VIII . MORE .
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... hand , a pair of spectacles hanging at his breast , and a Bible at his girdle , he walked to the place of execution , with his fellow martyr , Nicholas Ridley , bishop of London . On their way Ridley outwent Latimer some way before ...
... hand , a pair of spectacles hanging at his breast , and a Bible at his girdle , he walked to the place of execution , with his fellow martyr , Nicholas Ridley , bishop of London . On their way Ridley outwent Latimer some way before ...
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