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Josaphathe, is a welle, that is clept Natatorium Siloe; and there was oure Lord wasshen, aftre his bapteme: and there made oure Lord the blynd man to see.
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Josaphathe, is a welle, that is clept _Natatorium Siloe_; and there was oure Lord wasshen, aftre his bapteme: and there made oure Lord the blynd man to see.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Undre the Mount Syon, toward the Vale of Josaphathe, is a welle, that is clept _Natatorium Siloe_; and there was oure Lord wasshen, aftre his bapteme: and there made oure Lord the blynd man to see.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Generally, though, speakers just added not after whatever form of will/woll/welle/ool they were using.
Preposterous Apostrophes VII: Why Won’t Willn’t Work? « Motivated Grammar 2008
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The Oxford English Dictionary cites 33 different spellings just for the 1st/3rd person singular form, running the gamut from will to welle to ool to wol.
Preposterous Apostrophes VII: Why Won’t Willn’t Work? « Motivated Grammar 2008
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And what ye haue piked / þe stuff owt of euery shelle with þe poynt of youre knyff, loke ye temper hit welle, put vinegre / þerto, verdjus, or ayselle, 596
Introducing Triple-Yogh Days: Complete with a Random Bullets of Catch-up Preamble Heo 2008
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I ame welle acquaintid with the famely of the Coumptesse of — —; and yowe maie passiblie haue hard what you wished not to haue hard concerninge hir.
Pamela 2006
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And than passe men be the welle of Marache, of the whiche the watre was first byttre: but the children of Israel putten there inne a tree; and anon the watre was swete and gode for to drynke.
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And betwene the hilles of that contree, there is a welle, that 4 sithes in the zeer chaungethe his colour; sometyme grene, sometyme reed, sometyme cleer, and sometyme trouble; and men clepen that welle
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Fro this lond men gon to another yle, that is clept Silha: and it is welle a 800 myles aboute.
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