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As for mee, I doe avowe that I adore her, for as muche as shee is a noble bricke, and, as DAN LYDGATE sayth, 'a whole teeme, whyppe and alle, wyth a Dalmatian coache-dog under ye axle. '
The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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The Persë owt off Northombarlonde, and avowe to God mayd he
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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As our noble kynge mayd his avowe, lyke a noble prince of renowen,
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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I make myn avowe to God, sayde Litell Johnn, 185
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Therfor I wil mak here avowe, that to morne, withoute lenger abydyng, I shall laboure in the quest of the Sancgreal; that I shalle hold me oute a twelve moneth and a day, or more yf nede be, and never shalle I retorne ageyne unto the courte tyl I have sene hit more openly than hit hath ben sene here. '...
Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived William Joseph Long 1909
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For as without Christ Jesus there is nouther life nor salvation; [730] so sal there nane be participant therof, bot sik as the Father hes given unto his Sonne Christ Jesus, and they that in time cum unto him, avowe his doctrine, and beleeve into him, [731] we comprehend the children with the faithfull parentes.
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As our noble kynge mayd his avowe, lyke a noble prince of renown,
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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A. Yf that ye went, ye (holde repent; for in the foreft nowe I have purvayed me of a mayd, whom I love more than you J A.other fayrwe than ever ye were, 1 dare it wele avowe;
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