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- verb archaic
give
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Examples
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For they onely compte the father to be the authour of his kynde, and the mother onely but to geue place and nourishement to the childe.
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Thei did were garmentes of linnen, euer cleane wasshed, and white: and shoes of a certeine kinde of russhes, named Papyrus, whiche aftre became stuffe, to geue name to our paper.
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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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To thende that the Kynge admonisshed by the example of theim, might ordre his gouernaunce iustlye, and godly, and not geue hym selfe to couetous cloinyng,14 and hourdyng of tresure.
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This sute beeyng thus by the Earle obtained, the said Rough remained in his seruice one whole yeare: during which time it pleased God to open his eyes, and to geue hym some knowledge of his truthe, and thereupon was by the said Gouernour sent to preache in the freedome of Ayre, where he continued four yeares, and then after the death of the Cardinall of
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Geue me the Lordes supper and Baptisme, and take you the rest, & part them among you: For if there be vij. why haue you omitted one of them, to wit, mariage, & geue your selues to sclaunderous and ungodly whoredome.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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For (saye they) yf we shuld so vtterly forsake the Masse as ye wolde haue vs/we shulde be taken as wicked mẽ ãd euell doers/ãd so shall we geue great offence in out countrithes.
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But truly that studie is vain, and the paine thereof vnprofitablie bestowed: for he inforceth him selfe to liue free from passion, which in the middes of his inforcement, feeleth him selfe to be violently constrained, and seeth the taking away of his libertie, to be a certaine impeachemente, whiche thereunto hee would geue.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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To whom he aunswered: you should be a godly man to geue me rather consolation in my case.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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My joye Deane Thomas, I loue you well, and therefore I must geue you my counsayle, how you shal rule and guide your selfe.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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