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  • Considering, when I am there, you have a ready and well wishing friend, to stead you in all beneficiall and serviceable offices, as carefull and provident for your support, yea, a protectour of you and your affaires, as well publique as particular.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Reynard being thus embraced for Madam Agnesiaes Gossip, and this proving the onely colourable meanes, for his safer permission of speech with her, to let her now understand by word of mouth, what long before she collected by his lookes and behaviour: it fell out no way beneficiall to him, albeit Agnesia seemed not nice or scrupulous in hearing, yet she had a more precious care of her honor.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Bergamino, a man very pleasantly disposed, and so wittily readie in speaking and answering, as none could easily credit it, but such as heard him; and although his recompence seemed over-long delayed, yet hee made no doubt of a beneficiall ending.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Whereby the author, approving the christian faith, sheweth, how beneficiall a sodaine and ingenious answere may fall out to bee, especially when a man finds himselfe in some evident danger

    The Decameron 2004

  • Whereby the author, approving the christian faith, sheweth, how beneficiall a sodaine and ingenious answere may fall out to bee, especially when a man finds himselfe in some evident danger

    The Decameron 2004

  • Gentleman and Scholler as (in scorne) not long since, thou didst terme me: whose life may hereafter be more beneficiall unto the world, then millions of such as thou art, to live in the like multiplicity of ages.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Which our petition the most noble prince your father took so thankfully and in such good part, that he not onely graunted franke and commodious leaue, as was desired: but the same he would to bee unto them most free and beneficiall, and to haue continuance for many yeeres and times.

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

  • Item, that all the Agents doe diligently learne and obserue all kinde of wares, as wel naturals as forrein, that be beneficiall for this Realme, to be sold for the benefit of the company, and what kinde of our commodities and other things of these West partes bee most vendible in those Realmes with profite, giuing a perfect aduise of all such things requisite.

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

  • And whereas some in time past tooke great paines, trauell and care, and could not haue their desire in the getting of the Shaughs letters or priuiledge: Now, I trust (with Gods helpe) they may be obtained: which being had, will be beneficiall to the company, and great quietnes to those that shal remaine here, although heretofore things haue chanced ill, as the like in other countries hath bene.

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

  • And knowing that not onely your renowned places, but also the singularitie of your education, by the prudent care of your noble progenitors hath and still doth induce and drawe you to fauour and imbrace whatsoeuer beareth but a seeming of the commonweales good: Much more then that which in substantiall truth shal be most beneficiall to the same.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

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