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... deadly stowre , And lightly lept from underneath the blow : Yet fo exceeding was the villeins powre , That with the winde it did him overthrow , And all his fences ftoond , that still he lay full low . XIII . As when that divelish yron ...
... deadly stowre , And lightly lept from underneath the blow : Yet fo exceeding was the villeins powre , That with the winde it did him overthrow , And all his fences ftoond , that still he lay full low . XIII . As when that divelish yron ...
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... deadly tydinges fpake , She fell to ground for forrowfull regret , And lively breath her fad breft did forfake ; Yet might her pitteous hart be seen to pant and quake . XXI . The meffenger of fo unhappie newes Would faine have dyde ...
... deadly tydinges fpake , She fell to ground for forrowfull regret , And lively breath her fad breft did forfake ; Yet might her pitteous hart be seen to pant and quake . XXI . The meffenger of fo unhappie newes Would faine have dyde ...
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... deadly fpectacle behold , Why doe ye lenger feed on loathed light , Or liking find to gaze on earthly mould , Sith cruell fates the carefull threds unfould , The which my life and love together tyde ? Now let the ftony dart of ...
... deadly fpectacle behold , Why doe ye lenger feed on loathed light , Or liking find to gaze on earthly mould , Sith cruell fates the carefull threds unfould , The which my life and love together tyde ? Now let the ftony dart of ...
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... deadly meed . " XXIV .: Then downe againe fhe fell unto the ground ; But he her quickly reared up againe : Thrife did the finke adowne in deadly fwownd , And thrife he her reviv'd with bufie paine . At laft when Life recover'd had the ...
... deadly meed . " XXIV .: Then downe againe fhe fell unto the ground ; But he her quickly reared up againe : Thrife did the finke adowne in deadly fwownd , And thrife he her reviv'd with bufie paine . At laft when Life recover'd had the ...
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... deadly dint of steele endanger may : Athwart his breft a bauldrick brave he ware , That fhind , like twinkling ftars , with stones most pretious rare : XXX . And , in the midft thereof , one pretious ftone Of wondrous worth , and eke of ...
... deadly dint of steele endanger may : Athwart his breft a bauldrick brave he ware , That fhind , like twinkling ftars , with stones most pretious rare : XXX . And , in the midft thereof , one pretious ftone Of wondrous worth , and eke of ...
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Page 182 - Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord : 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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