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Now we have a monster on our hands in an attempted coup de societie.
Reid To Bush: If You Come After Us, We'll Hit Back Every Bit As Aggressively 2009
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But, because such things as are without meane or measure, are subject to no long continuance: I, who began the motion, whereby this societie is thus assembled, and ayme at the long lasting thereof, doe hold it verie convenient, that wee should all agree, to have one chiefe
The Decameron 2004
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Vlricus de Iungingen, three of the great masters of Prussia, and their subiects, with the common societie of the Hans-townes on the other partie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And the English merchants sir Rowland Haiward and his societie desired vs, that we would gratifie them to trade into our kingdom of Moscouia, and into our heritage of great Nouogrod and Plesko, and into all parts of our kingdom, to buy and sell with their wares without custome.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And that all the said places are situated from London Northwards, between the East and the North, and within the grant of the letters patents, and priuileges of the said companie of merchants for the discouery of new trades, and the same places whereunto by force of the said letters patents, it is forbidden to any other subiect to haue traffike sauing to the societie aforesaid.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Moscouie Marchants to the perpetual honor of their Citie, and societie, haue performed more then any one, yea then all the nations of Europe besides: which thing is also acknowledged by the most learned Cosmographers and Historiographers of Christendome, with whose honorable testimonies of the action not many for number, but sufficient for authoritie I haue concluded this second part.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Of late it fortuned, that a certaine man of their societie named Nicholas Crossebaire, being a marchant of the lande of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Item, that the said statute and ordinance hath bene so rigorously put in execution, that whereas immediately after certaine English marchants with their ships, mariners, and marchandize beeing in a certaine part of one of the principall cities of the foresaide societie, vtterly destitute of meate, drinke, and money, publikely offred to sell their wollen clothes of
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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& Geffrey Ducket, and to enfranchise their whole societie with that freedome, that neither they through any their misdemeanours towards your subiects, may thereof seeme vnworthy (as we hope they will not) neither we our selues otherwise enioy them, then with the perpetuall remembrance of your good affection towards vs, and with the like fauourable inclination of our part towards you.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Lawrence Chapman, Merchants, and vnto their societie, to enter into his lands and countreys at al times when they would and could, there to exercise and vse their trade of merchandise, and from thence likewise after exchange or sale made of those wares, which they should bring with them with his like good leaue and fauour, to carie from thence those things wherwith his dominions do abound and with vs be scant.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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