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Examples
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His army in the warres is ten hundred thousande men, fiue hundred Elephantes, and horses, and Cameles, a wonderfull nomber, and this is but a meane preparacion.
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In Iewrie, of a Virgine, of the stocke of Dauid, a thousande fiue hundred, and twentie yeres gone37.
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And the Centuriane obeied the Millenarie, that had charge of a thousande.
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Thei haue Thimarceni, that is to saye Pencioners, aboute a foure skore thousande.
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And when the slaues haue all slayne them as bouchers kylle hogges: then for a terrour to al other ther about: of euery thousande of the dead thei take one, and hange him vp by the hieles vpon a stake, amydde these deade bodies: and so ordre his heade as though it appiered by his facion or maner of hanginge, that he yet bothe harkened the complainte of his felowes, and lessened them againe.
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Romaine made warre vpon the Parthians, wher thei mette him with fyftie thousande horsemen: there ware of the whole nombre but eyghte hundred fre borne.
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Cities so thicke, that some haue reported them in nombre fiue thousande.
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Coronelle that had charge ouer ten thousande: aboue the whiche nombre thei mounted no degree of captaines.
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But thei are euer at the leaste fouretie thousande.
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Tharmie roialle hath about two hundred thousande armed menne, beside a greate rable of footemen aduenturers, that take no wages, and suche other as be called out of Garrisons.
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