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Welshmen, Bernulfe king of Mercia taketh indignation at Egbert for the inlarging of his roiall authoritie, they fight a sore battell, Egbert ouercommeth, great ods betweene their souldiers, bishop Alstan a warriour; Kent, Essex, Southerie, Sussex, and Eastangles subiect to
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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The fyrst a comon morall sentence, as a common principle perteyning to maners: as continuall laboure ouercommeth all thynges, and as be the sentences of
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Nature is an effectuall thynge, but educacion more effectuall, ouercommeth it.
The Education of Children Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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For I know nothow it creepcth fofdy The force and infinuateth it fclfe into the minds of men, Sc widi a kind thereof. offlattering force ouercommeth them wilHngly.
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The great master ouercommeth the king of Polonia.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
Logophile77 commented on the word ouercommeth
alternate spelling of ouercometh.
December 4, 2017