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And men kutten the braunches with a scharp flynston or with a scherp bon,75 whan men will go to kutte hem: For who so kutte hem with iren, it wolde destroye his vertue and his nature.
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Thanne seythe the emperour, now undirstondethe wel, that my woord from hens forthe, is scharp and bytynge as a swerd.
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And men kutten the braunches with a scharp flynston or with a scherp bon,521 whan men will go to kutte hem: For who so kutte hem with iren, it wolde destroye his vertue and his nature.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Thanne seythe the emperour, now undirstondethe wel, that my woord from hens forthe, is scharp and bytynge as a swerd.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Al þat þu mist mid cliure smiten. þi bile is stif ⁊ scharp ⁊ hoked.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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The samyn messinger brocht alssua letteris frome the Quene our Soverane, mair scharp and threatning than the former; for hir conclusioun was,
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Whiche yf ye now refuse and. deny I must remit my [?] to GOD, adding this for conclusioun, that commonlie it is sein that such as luf not the counsall of the faithfull (appear it never so scharp) are compelled to follow the Deceat of flatteraris to thair owen perdition.
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1514-1572 1878
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Whiche yf ye now refuse and. deny I must remit my [?] to GOD, adding this for conclusioun, that commonlie it is sein that such as luf not the counsall of the faithfull (appear it never so scharp) are compelled to follow the Deceat of flatteraris to thair owen perdition.
The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women John Knox 1874
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And he alle naked hath a ful scharp knyf in his hond, and he cuttethe a gret pece of his flesche and castethe it in the face of his ydole, seyenge his orysounes, recommendynge him to his god: and than he smytethe himself, and makethe grete woundes and depe here and there, tille he falle doun ded.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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And men kutten the braunches with a scharp flynston or with a scherp bon,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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