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This Sermoun ended, in the whiche he did vehementlie exhorte all man to amendment of lyffe, to prayaris, and to the warkis of charitie, the myndis of men began wounderouslye to be erected.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Syke [50] ys the waie of lyffe; the loverds [51] ente [52]
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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That never after in all his lyffe-days he spayke mo wordës but ane:
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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Theie yeave mee lyffe and dyd mie bowkie [148] kepe;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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Botte lette me heere thie waie of lyffe, and thenne 65
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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'To have savyde thy lyffe, I wolde have partyde with my landes for years thre,
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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But, Persë, and I brook my lyffe, thy deth well quyte shall be. '
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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Syke is a picte [78] of lyffe: the manne of myghte
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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For ther is in hym soche lernynge, so vertuouse lyffe, soche purenes of maneres, that a mã cowld wyshe no gyfte of a parfayte Byshope in him, that he hathe nat.
The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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_ No, thankyd be god, I haue faryd as well syns I went hens, as euer I dyd in all my lyffe.
The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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