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Gospelles, in the whiche is gode doctryne and helefulle, fulle of charitee and sothefastnesse, and trewe prechinge to hem that beleeven in God; and that he was a verry prophete, and more than a prophete; and lyved withouten synne, and zaf syghte to the blynde, and helede the lepres, and reysed dede men, and steyghe to hevene.
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Gospelles, in the whiche is gode doctryne and helefulle, fulle of charitee and sothefastnesse, and trewe prechinge to hem that beleeven in God; and that he was a verry prophete, and more than a prophete; and lyved withouten synne, and zaf syghte to the blynde, and helede the lepres, and reysed dede men, and steyghe to hevene.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Kenns [15] Latyn att fyrst syghte from Frenche or Greke,
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Yett notte a speere of hemm [24] hath grete mie syghte.
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Whanne levynne-fyres and lemes do mete from far the syghte;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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As fleaynge cloudes that swymme before the syghte;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Mie cuyen [30] kyne [31], mie bullockes stringe [32] yn syghte, 35
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Do fynde the spryte to joie on syghte of womanne fayre: 195
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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I doubt not but that the title of this treatise all straunge vnto our Englyshe eares, wil cause some men at the fyrst syghte to maruayle what the matter of it should meane: yea, and peraduenture if they be rashe of iudgement, to cal it some newe fangle, and so casting it hastily from thẽ, wil not once vouchsafe to reade it: and if they do, yet perceiuynge nothing to be therin that pleaseth their phansy, wyl count it but a tryfle, & a tale of Robynhoode.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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