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  • And forsothe there is a great marveyle: for men may see there the erthe of the tombe apertly many tymes steren and meven,38 as there wern quykke thinges undre.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And therfore seyn sum men, whan thei dreden hem of thefes, on ony weye, or of enemyes; Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibet; that is to seyne, Jesus forsothe passynge be the myddes of hem, he wente: in tokene and mynde, that oure Lord passed thorghe out the Jewes crueltee, and scaped safly fro hem: so surely mowe men passen the perile of thefes.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And therfore seyn sum men, whan thei dreden hem of thefes, on ony weye, or of enemyes; _Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibet_; that is to seyne, _Jesus forsothe passynge be the myddes of hem, he wente_: in tokene and mynde, that oure Lord passed thorghe out the Jewes crueltee, and scaped safly fro hem: so surely mowe men passen the perile of thefes.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • And forsothe there is a great marveyle: for men may see there the erthe of the tombe apertly many tymes steren and meven,484 as there wern quykke thinges undre.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • And in thee nede of sooth; and thus, forsothe, 1035

    Troilus and Criseyde Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Soluc {io}, forsothe loke quich figure is first in þe ryȝt side of þe bok or of þe tabul, &  þ {a} t same is þe first figur {e}, for þ {o} u schal write bakeward, as here, 3. 2. 6. 4. 1. 2. 5.

    The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902

  • I have baptisid you in water; forsothe he shal baptise you in the

    The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I Various 1885

  • Yes forsothe: as wise as they be, either in other mens opinion, or in their owne conceite, I will bring the contrarie

    The Scholemaster 1870

  • Yea forsothe, verie moche: As example, if you haue any [a] sausie loughte, or loitryng lubber within your house, that is either to busy of his hand or tongue: and can do nothing but plaie one of the partes of the .24. orders of knaues. [b] There is no pretier medicen for this, nor soner prepared, then boxyng is: iii. or .iiii. tymes well set on, a span long on bothe the chekes.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • And therfore seyn sum men, whan thei dreden hem of thefes, on ony weye, or of enemyes; _Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibet_; that is to seyne, _Jesus forsothe passynge be the myddes of hem, he wente_: in tokene and mynde, that oure Lord passed thorghe out the Jewes crueltee, and scaped safly fro hem: so surely mowe men passen the perile of thefes.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584

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