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To byen there a porcioun of ware -- [60] only it was to 'sellen' a portion that Betson went.
Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914
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I schal speke a litille more of the dyamandes, alle thoughe I tarye my matere for a tyme, to the ende that thei that knowen hem not, be not disceyved be gabberes, that gon be the contree, that sellen hem.
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For men sellen a gome, that men clepen turbentyne, in stede of bawme; and thei putten there to a littille bawme for to zeven gode odour.
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Cayre, that I spak of before, sellen men comounly bothe men and wommen of other lawe, as we don here bestes in the markat.
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And thei ben so coveytous, that for a lytylle sylyer, thei sellen here doughtres, here sustres and here owne wyfes, to putten hem to leccherie.
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And they sellen benefices of Holy Chirche: and so don men in others places: God amende it, whan his wille is.
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For in that boke, Machomete cursed alle tho that drynken wyn, and alle hem that sellen it.
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And whan it is ony derthe, the knyghtes ben right pore, and thanne thei sellen both here hors and here harneys.
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Cayre, that I spak of before, sellen men comounly bothe men and wommen of other lawe, as we don here bestes in the markat.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And thei ben so coveytous, that for a lytylle sylyer, thei sellen here doughtres, here sustres and here owne wyfes, to putten hem to leccherie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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