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Page 65
... wynde , whiche hyndereth them not a lytle : yet of all fhotyng he cannot reherse one difcommoditie . Phi . That I meruayle greatly at , feing Nannius is fo well learned , and fo exercised in the authours of both the tunges : for I my ...
... wynde , whiche hyndereth them not a lytle : yet of all fhotyng he cannot reherse one difcommoditie . Phi . That I meruayle greatly at , feing Nannius is fo well learned , and fo exercised in the authours of both the tunges : for I my ...
Page 107
... wynde quarter with him , fyde wynde quarter agaynste hym , and fo forthe . Phi . Well than go to , what handlynge belongeth to the marke ? Tox . To marke his standyng , to fhote compasse , to draw euermore lyke , to lowfe euermore lyke ...
... wynde quarter with him , fyde wynde quarter agaynste hym , and fo forthe . Phi . Well than go to , what handlynge belongeth to the marke ? Tox . To marke his standyng , to fhote compasse , to draw euermore lyke , to lowfe euermore lyke ...
Page 119
... wynde them . A bowecafe of ledder , is not the best , for that is ofttymes moyfte which hurteth the bowes very much . Therfore I haue fene good shooters which would haue for euerye bowe , a fere case made -of wollen clothe , and than ...
... wynde them . A bowecafe of ledder , is not the best , for that is ofttymes moyfte which hurteth the bowes very much . Therfore I haue fene good shooters which would haue for euerye bowe , a fere case made -of wollen clothe , and than ...
Page 131
... wynde , and fytteft for a deed fhaft : the yonge goofe fether is weake and fyne , beft for a swyfte shaft , and it must be couled at the first shering , fomewhat hye , for with fhoting , it wyll fattle and faule very moche . The fame ...
... wynde , and fytteft for a deed fhaft : the yonge goofe fether is weake and fyne , beft for a swyfte shaft , and it must be couled at the first shering , fomewhat hye , for with fhoting , it wyll fattle and faule very moche . The fame ...
Page 137
... wynde , but yet it hath . ii . difcommodities , the one that it wyll kepe no lengthe , it kepeth no lengthe , bycause no manne can poule it certaynly as far one tyme as at an other : it is not drawen certaynlye fo far one tyme as at an ...
... wynde , but yet it hath . ii . difcommodities , the one that it wyll kepe no lengthe , it kepeth no lengthe , bycause no manne can poule it certaynly as far one tyme as at an other : it is not drawen certaynlye fo far one tyme as at an ...
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Page 73 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell, Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 65 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 162 - Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Page 162 - God's almightiness, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his church ; to sing victorious agonies of martyrs and saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations doing valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ; to deplore the general relapses of kingdoms and states from justice and God's true worship.
Page 161 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 102 - In procreation common to all kinds (Though higher of the genial bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem,) So much delights me, as those graceful acts...
Page 77 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 23 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Page 162 - ... reading, steady observation, insight into all seemly and generous arts and affairs ; till which in some measure be compassed at mine own peril and cost, I refuse not to sustain this expectation from as many as are not loath to hazard so much credulity upon the best pledges that I can give them.
Page 114 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.