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Fiuethly, that it bringeth to as many euyll as receiue it, death; and to the good euerlasting life.
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Yf any be proued to haue liued euyll, the iudges geue sentence that the bodye shall not be buried.
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He seems to have played his part to some purpose, under the colour of madness, converting a “great fatt shepe” to Mohammedanism, killing an ass because he refused to be a proselyte, and, finally, he “handeled a Jewe so euyll that he had almost killed hym.”
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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For it is semely, and happeneth cõmonlye that the sonnes be lyke the forefathers, and thereof procedeth causes to lyue well or euyll: [Sidenote: Nacion] Naciõ sheweth what disposicion and maners euery nacion hath peculiarly of theyr owne.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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As when wee accuse anye manne that by euyll companions he was broughte to do also the mischeuouse deede.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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Gospell, truely my Lorde, I haue readde the Newe Testament and the Olde, and all the Epistles and the Gospels, and among them all I coulde neuer finde any euyl Epistle, or any euyl Gospel: but if your Lordship wil shewe me the good Epistle and the good Gospell, and the euyll Epistle and the euyll Gospel, then I shall preache the good, and omyt the euyl.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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[Sidenote: Cacozelia.] _Mala affectatio_, euyll affectaciõ or leude folowyng, when the wytte lacketh iudgement, and fondlye folowyng a good maner of speaking, runne into a faute, as when affectyng copy, we fall into a vaine bablynge, or laboryng to be brief, wax bare & drye.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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And euyll men with theyr ouermoche Ioye here geteth euerlastynge payne.
A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson
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¶ A common place shall bee, wyth wordes to exaggerate howe much it profiteth to keepe goodnesse, to bee in companye wyth good men, and contrarye howe greate myschyefe the companye of euyll men dothe cause.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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As not lyke thanke is done to Laurence and Camillus, because that the one moued by vertue wyth the ieopardie of hys lyfe deliuered his contrey from the vngracious, that other styrred vp by desyre of fame, or rather wyth an euyll luste to checke manye, not restored agayn the lattẽ tong oppressed, but brought it as it were into certen rules.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes Richard Sherry
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