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Page xxvii
... wherein is aptly described the nature and con- dition of men who are are full of savage and unreclaimed desires of profit , of lust , of revenge , which as long as they give ear to precepts , to laws , to religion , sweetly touched with ...
... wherein is aptly described the nature and con- dition of men who are are full of savage and unreclaimed desires of profit , of lust , of revenge , which as long as they give ear to precepts , to laws , to religion , sweetly touched with ...
Page xlv
... wherein their lordships and myself both were as religious and curious of truth , as desirous of satisfaction : and myself indeed gave only words and form of style in pursuing their direction . And after it had passed their al- lowance ...
... wherein their lordships and myself both were as religious and curious of truth , as desirous of satisfaction : and myself indeed gave only words and form of style in pursuing their direction . And after it had passed their al- lowance ...
Page lix
... wherein I may best , by my travails , derive your virtues to the good of your people , and return their thanks and increase of love to you again . And after I had thought of many things , I could find , in my judgment , none more proper ...
... wherein I may best , by my travails , derive your virtues to the good of your people , and return their thanks and increase of love to you again . And after I had thought of many things , I could find , in my judgment , none more proper ...
Page lxv
... wherein I shall not either study your well doing in thought , or do your name honour in speech , or perform you ser- vice in deed . Good my lord , account and ac- cept me your most bounden and devoted friend and servant of all men ...
... wherein I shall not either study your well doing in thought , or do your name honour in speech , or perform you ser- vice in deed . Good my lord , account and ac- cept me your most bounden and devoted friend and servant of all men ...
Page lxxiii
... wherein it Wraynham , which had been in the court from the stands , and hath appointed princes , magistrates , year 1606. He immediately examined the pro- and judges , to hear the causes of the people . It ceedings , and , having ...
... wherein it Wraynham , which had been in the court from the stands , and hath appointed princes , magistrates , year 1606. He immediately examined the pro- and judges , to hear the causes of the people . It ceedings , and , having ...
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