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Thei neuer haue warre one with another, but with Lions, whiche comyng out of the deserte there, partly for shadowe, and partly for to praie vpon smaller beastes, doe oftymes wourie diuers of the Æthiopes, comyng out of the Fennes.
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The Prieste hath power to consecrate the Lordes bodie, to praie for sinners, and to reconcile them againe to God by Penaunce enioined them.
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All the Saracenes are bound to praie fiue times on the daie, with their faces toward the South.
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In all assemblies and mietinges, feaste, or other: thei praie for their souldiours, and menne of warre.
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Frenchmen which all this while loytered in their pauilions, and meeting this cariage by the way, tooke all the foresayd praie whole to themselues, rating the said William and the Englishmen for aduenturing and issuing out of the Campe without leaue or knowledge of their Generall, contrary to the discipline of warre.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[Sidenote: The Wolues of all beastes, moste obliui - ous.] his foote is forgotten, and forthwith he seeketh a newe praie, so greate obliuion and debilitée of memorie, is giuen to that beaste, who chieflie seketh to deuoure his praie by night.
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[Fol.viij. v] shall haue free accesse to our bloodie praie, thus we will doe, wee will sende a Embassage to the Shepeherdes for peace,
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The Wolfe deuoureth and ea - teth of his praie all in feare, and therefore oftentymes he ca - steth his looke, to be safe from perill and daunger.
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[Fol.vj. r] his nature is straunge fro [m] all beastes: the iyes of the Wolfe, tourned from his praie immediatlie, the praie prostrate vnder
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[Fol.ix. v] wisedome of Demosthenes, when thei sawe the [m] selues a slau - ter and praie, to the enemie.
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