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- noun Plural form of
werre .
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Examples
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And thei gon often tyme in sowd, to help of other kynges in here werres, for gold and sylver, as othere sowdyoures don: and thei meyntenen hem self right vygouresly.
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I oughte right wel to knowen it; for I duelled with him as Soudyour in his werres a gret while, azen the Bedoynes.
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I oughte right wel to knowen it; for I duelled with him as Soudyour in his werres a gret while, azen the Bedoynes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And thei gon often tyme in sowd, to help of other kynges in here werres, for gold and sylver, as othere sowdyoures don: and thei meyntenen hem self right vygouresly.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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¶ How be it in his werres ge wold not they hau {n} ted
The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous
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[Sidenote: A p'lement at London.] [Sidenote: The kyng asked moche good for his werres.] [Sidenote: The coyne of the noble, half noble, and ferthyng.]
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This same yere the kyng held his parlement at London; and he axed to begynne hise werres the fyfthe part of alle the moeble goodes of
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And in this yere come pardon into Engelond fro the pope of Rome, undir his lettre and seall of leed, of as moche power as he has, to every prest to assoilen every Cristeman that yevyth a part of his goodes to the sustentacion of the popes werres in strengthynge of the Cristen feith.
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In this yere kyng John loste all Normandye and Angoye be werre; and he toke of every plowe lond in Engelond iii_s. _ toward hise werres.
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And in this yere, in the fest of Gordiam in Septembre, the barons entred the citee of Londone, and strong werre was betwen the kyng and the lordes: and Rog 'Fitz Aleyn, maire, was discharged of his meiralte be the forsaid barons, and afterward they chosen Cerle meire, and the schirreves as it folwith: and yet lasted the werres.
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