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There is also by the said towne of Bachu another kind of oyle which is white and very precious: and is supposed to be the same that here is called
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And according to _Matthiolus_ in his Commentaries upon _Dioscorides_, it is very profitable against the plague and pestilence, and the chymicall oyle thereof is very availeable (as himselfe affirmeth to have sufficiently proved) against the stone and stopping of urine, and many other outward maladies and diseases, (_Andernæus_ and _Gesner_ adde to these the Apoplexy) all which, for avoyding of prolixity, I doe here purposely omit.
Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain Edmund Deane
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Furthermore the Beares of the countrey are commonly very fatte, and in some places there are many: their fatnesse because it is so liquid, may well be termed oyle, and hath many speciall vses.
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Furthermore the Beares of the countrey are commonly very fatte, and in some places there are many: their fatnesse because it is so liquid, may well be termed oyle, and hath many speciall vses.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia Thomas Hariot 1590
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There is also by the said towne of Bachu another kind of oyle which is white and very precious: and is supposed to be the same that here is called Petroleum.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Hans, did vpon the Sea neere vnto Norway villainously and vniustly take a shippe of Iohn Wisedome of Hull called the Trinitie, with diuers goods and marchandizes, namely oyle, waxe, and werke, to the value of 300. pounds.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Den saw-tay dem in ollib oyle until dey is brown an gewd awn da owtsyde, an serve, kynda lyke a pot-stickurs meel.
The lesser-known “Schrodinger’s - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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September 22, 2008 at 7:00 am dats gud fer de sabin ob de oyle! ai a bit wurried haow ahm gunna fords it dis cumin winter
U need - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Linseed oyle, let it be thick, and lay it thin upon the wood with a brush or pensil, this do for the ground of any colour to lie upon wood.
The Compleat Angler 2007
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For thei han of oyle of olyves y now, bothe for to brenne in here lampes, and to ete also: and that plentee have thei be the myracle of God.
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