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The accedence of armorie (1597)

Legh, Gerard, -1563 · London : Printed by Henrie Ballard ... · leaf 184

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*1 he Accedence charged. I meane not onely with thefe that follow here, but with all maner of things quicke or dead. Tor thefe that I let forth, are but examples to (hew the reft. … lent them out to preach) to be innocent as doues. Ambroftu* (ayeth, the Doue ismilde and meeke, cleaneofkinde, plenteous of encreafe, friend of company, and forgetfull of wronges. For as hee lay eth, when their young be taken from them, they moorne not, for the hope they haue to get moe,^- rifiotle…

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