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Looke what beaste thei kille to be eaten, thei reserue the harte all nighte in some couered cuppe, and the nexte mornynge seath it and eate it.
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Pomponius writeth, that alonge the shore, it is fowrtie daies sailyng the nighte also comprised therein.
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Abraham, to be Sacrificed in the steade of his sonne, and of a certaine nighte in the whiche thei doe beleue that the Alcorane was giuen them from heauen.
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For the nighte houres on the holy daye, ix. and on the working daye, xii.
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If any man haue medled with his wife in the nighte, neither of theim bothe toucheth any thyng the next mornyng, before thei be washed:
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That is to saie, to wake all nighte, in deuine seruice and praier.
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The men weare vpon their heades shallowe copin tackes, comming but behinde with a taile of a handefull and a haulfe long, and as muche in breadth: whiche thei fasten vnder their chinnes, for falling or blowing of, with a couple of strynges of ribbande lace, as we doe our nighte cappes.
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They are wasshed euery daye in colde water thrise, and euery nighte twise.
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Percy read: ‘This done, the nighte drove on apace.’
Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Frank Sidgwick
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Doctors and Gentlemen were invited to supper in the President's lodging, where after supper they were entertained with a shew before mentioned, to witt, _The Seven Dayes in the Weeke_, to which, by this time, there was somewhat added, but not much: all was most kindly accepted, and the nighte was spent in great mirth.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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