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... fhotyng , which of his owne nature is alwayes ioyned with honestie : yet for mennes faultes oftentymes blamed vnworthely , as all good thynges haue ben , and euer- more shall be . B If any man woulde blame me , eyther for takynge 17.
... fhotyng , which of his owne nature is alwayes ioyned with honestie : yet for mennes faultes oftentymes blamed vnworthely , as all good thynges haue ben , and euer- more shall be . B If any man woulde blame me , eyther for takynge 17.
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... mennes chyldren fhall greatlye encrease the loue and vfe of fhotinge in all the refidue of youth . For meane mennes myndes loue to be lyke greate menne , as Plato and Ifocrates do faye . And that euerye bodye fhoulde learne to fhote ...
... mennes chyldren fhall greatlye encrease the loue and vfe of fhotinge in all the refidue of youth . For meane mennes myndes loue to be lyke greate menne , as Plato and Ifocrates do faye . And that euerye bodye fhoulde learne to fhote ...
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... mennes lawes and judgementes , are fette afore temporall men , onelye to followe them : whereby they may the better and stronglyer defende the commune wealth withall . And nothing belongeth to scholers and learned men , which haue an ...
... mennes lawes and judgementes , are fette afore temporall men , onelye to followe them : whereby they may the better and stronglyer defende the commune wealth withall . And nothing belongeth to scholers and learned men , which haue an ...
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... mennes maners , fayth Galen , although fome man wil faye that it doth not fo , but rather recreateth and maketh quycke a mannes mynde , yet me thinke by reafon it doth as hony doth to a mannes ftomacke , whiche at the first receyueth it ...
... mennes maners , fayth Galen , although fome man wil faye that it doth not fo , but rather recreateth and maketh quycke a mannes mynde , yet me thinke by reafon it doth as hony doth to a mannes ftomacke , whiche at the first receyueth it ...
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... mennes faultes vpon the thing which is not worthie , for fo nothing fhulde be good . And as for fhoting , it is blamed and marked of men for that thing ( as I fayde before ) which fhoulde be rather a token of honeftie to prayfe it ...
... mennes faultes vpon the thing which is not worthie , for fo nothing fhulde be good . And as for fhoting , it is blamed and marked of men for that thing ( as I fayde before ) which fhoulde be rather a token of honeftie to prayfe it ...
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