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Men not troubled with anye desire of riches, but raither giuing them selues to wilfull pouertie.
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But because thei are naturally giuen to sparing and to abhorre all sumptuousenesse, embrasing a lowe and simple state: thei wel beare this voluntarie pouertie, and rude homelinesse.
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This is the lot, & pouertie of certaine men in those pettie parishes, the condition whereof is therefore made a common byworde of the people amongst vs, though somewhat iniuriously.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Townes, the pouertie of the people, and the ice, maketh that trade naught.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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This is the lot, & pouertie of certaine men in those pettie parishes, the condition whereof is therefore made a common byworde of the people amongst vs, though somewhat iniuriously.
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Notwithstanding, there be euen in the same place where those things haue passed, that either do not or will not conceiue the souldiers estate, by comparing their pouertie and the shortness of the time together, but lay some iniuries vpon the Generals and the action.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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A happie Nation, whose pouertie no man doth enuie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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A happie Nation, whose pouertie no man doth enuie.
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The Philosophers ponderyng the brickle and slippere state of fortune, did pronounce this sentence: _Diffici - lius est res aduersas pati, quam fortunam eflantem ferre_, it is more easie to beare sharpe and extreme pouertie, then to rule and moderate fortune, because that the wisest menne of all
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[Sidenote: Pouertie.] miserie, necessitie, and pouertie, shall continuallie encrease, who hopeth at other mennes handes, to craue relief, is decei - ued.
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