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And schortly to seye zou; thei suffren so grete peynes and so harde martyrdomes, for love of here ydole, that a Cristene man, I trowe, durst not taken upon him the tenthe part of the peyne, for love of oure Lord Jhesu Crist.
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And he thinkethe, that the more peyne and the more tribulacioun, that thei suffren for love of here god, the more ioye thei schulle have in another world.
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Thei ben fulle harde folk, and moche peyne and wo mow suffren and disese, more than ony other folk: for thei ben taughte therto in hire owne contree, of Zouthe: and therfore thei spenden, as who seythe, right nought.
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And fro that tyme hiderwardes, thei nevere wolden suffren man to dwelle amonges hem, lenger than 7 dayes and 7 nyghtes; ne that no child that were male, scholde duelle amonges hem, longer than he were noryscht; and thanne sente to his fader.
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And therfore thei suffren, that folk of alle lawes may peysibely duellen amonges hem.
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For the Pissemyres wole suffren bestes to gon and pasturen amonges hem; but no man in no wyse.
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And he thinkethe, that the more peyne and the more tribulacioun, that thei suffren for love of here god, the more ioye thei schulle have in another world.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For the Pissemyres wole suffren bestes to gon and pasturen amonges hem; but no man in no wyse.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And therfore thei suffren, that folk of alle lawes may peysibely duellen amonges hem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Thei ben fulle harde folk, and moche peyne and wo mow suffren and disese, more than ony other folk: for thei ben taughte therto in hire owne contree, of Zouthe: and therfore thei spenden, as who seythe, right nought.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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