More's Utopia, tr. by R. Robynson, pr. from the 2nd ed., 1556. To which is prefixed The life of sir Thos. More by W. Roper, repr. from Hearne's ed., 1716. Ed., with intr., notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... warre was at that tyme betweene the French Kinge and the 10 Emperour ( whome , for the cause afore remembred , he mortally maligned ) he was desirous to procure , and for the better atchiv- inge therof requested Langland Bishopp of ...
... warre was at that tyme betweene the French Kinge and the 10 Emperour ( whome , for the cause afore remembred , he mortally maligned ) he was desirous to procure , and for the better atchiv- inge therof requested Langland Bishopp of ...
Page xxxviii
... warre be- tweene you both ; I think it best therefore that that place bee amended , and his authoritie more slenderly touched . Nay 5 ( quoth his Grace ) that it shall not , wee are so much bounden unto the Sea of Rome , that we cannot ...
... warre be- tweene you both ; I think it best therefore that that place bee amended , and his authoritie more slenderly touched . Nay 5 ( quoth his Grace ) that it shall not , wee are so much bounden unto the Sea of Rome , that we cannot ...
Page 29
... warres , maymed and lame , as not longe ago , oute of Blacke- heath fielde , and a litell before that , out of the warres in Fraunce : suche , I saye , as put their lives in jeoperdye for the weale publiques or the kynges sake , and by ...
... warres , maymed and lame , as not longe ago , oute of Blacke- heath fielde , and a litell before that , out of the warres in Fraunce : suche , I saye , as put their lives in jeoperdye for the weale publiques or the kynges sake , and by ...
Page 30
... warres sake you muste cheryshe theves . For suerly you shall never lacke theves , whyles you have them . No , nor theves be not the most false and diers and theves faynt harted soldiers , nor souldiours be not the cowardleste theves ...
... warres sake you muste cheryshe theves . For suerly you shall never lacke theves , whyles you have them . No , nor theves be not the most false and diers and theves faynt harted soldiers , nor souldiours be not the cowardleste theves ...
Page 31
... warre , to the ende thei may ever have practised souldiours and cunnyng mansleiers , lest 10 that ( as it is pretely sayde of Salust ) their handes and their mindes through idlenes or lacke of exercise , should waxe dul . But howe ...
... warre , to the ende thei may ever have practised souldiours and cunnyng mansleiers , lest 10 that ( as it is pretely sayde of Salust ) their handes and their mindes through idlenes or lacke of exercise , should waxe dul . But howe ...
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