Aboute the world all-most eternallie; Lette his owne werkys prayse hym and magnifie; I dare not preyse, for fere that I offende, My lewde langage shuld rather appeyre than amend.
Whan the felowe sawe him do so, he sayde: O thou folissh and madde man, goest thou aboute to dyuine other mennes matters, and arte ignorant in thine owne?
The folisshe people trustynge herevpon, euerye one after his power gaue him money for a scrowe; and with a threde of a mayden's spynninge, they hanged hit aboute their neckes.
Aboute the houre of diner al the guestes came saue Clodius, for whom they taryed tyll hit was almoste nyght, and euer sente to loke if he came.
So they, standynge aboute the bedde, sayde one to an other: nowe he gothe his waye: for his speche and syght fayle him; by and by he wyll yelde vp the goste.
By whiche tale appereth, that it is holsome to take leyser inough aboute a thynge that is harde to do, specially whanne a man can nat chose to take hit on hande.
This man, which for a very folisshe thing preysed his wyfe, afterwarde whan a lyttell care beganne to crepe aboute his stomacke, he perceiued that faute in her ryght great.
And thus Phebus in love brenneth, And in his hasteaboute renneth, To loke if that he mihte winne; Bot he was evere to beginne, 1710 For evere awei fro him sche fledde, So that he nevere his love spedde.
Ther myhte be no worse thing Aboute a kinges regalie, Thanne is the vice of flaterie.
Bot Brutus, which was with hem there, Toward himself his herte kepte, And to Lucrece anon he lepte, The blodi swerd and pulleth oute, And swor the goddes al aboute That he therof schal do vengance.
And thus fulofte aboute the hals Love is of false men embraced; Bot love which is so pourchaced Comth afterward to litel pris.
Fortunes wheel goth round aboute A thousand tymes, day and night: Whos cours standeth ever in doute For to transmew; she is so light.
The cope of tene is wounde aboute al my body, that stonding is me best; unneth may I ligge for pure misesy 150 sorowe.
Aboute a king, good counsayl is to preyse Above al othre thinges most vailable; But yet a king within him-self shal peyse And seen the thinges that be resonable.
Though I make chere to every man aboute For my worship, and of myn own fraunchyse, To you I nil do so, withouten doute, In eschewing al maner prejudyse.
Aboute her nekke a sort of faire rubyes In whyte floures of right fyne enamayl.
Poore chaunsel, open holes in every syde; beddes of silke, with tapites going al aboutehis chambre.
A large cover-cherfe of Thredde She wrapped all aboute her hedde.
Then, after the conquest, mathew Paris speakethe thereof abouteornamentes to be sente to the Poope.
Aboute this time the vessel struck aground, the wind being about east-south-east, very hard, right on the shore.
Left go the rope, but as soon as I attempted to run, fell down, and as I fell, looking round aboute me, saw three men standing close by me.
I suppose I might have been there aboute a quarter of an hour, until they had secured my people below, and after found me lying on the deck.
Hath not he sente rounde somes of money into Scotland, both to the Kinge and those that are aboute him, to alter the estate there and to trouble oures?
M236 The benefits of plantings aboute Cape Bryton or Newfounde lande.
Martius Coriolanus goingeaboute to represse the common people of Rome with dearth of Corne was banished.
But suche as were riche, did reproue his pouertie and base estate, to those that were neare aboute Alexander, which made the kynge to sende for him.
Who three or foure dayes after the arriuall of Solon (which was led aboute by his seruauntes, to viewe his notable wealth and substaunce) said vnto Solon these wordes.
And than he cutte the vygne/ And put this aboute the rootes therof.
And of this speketh claudyan and sayth that alle thoo thynges that the Ayer goth aboute and enuyronned.
At this instant were so many beacons and other fires made rounde aboute the lake and vpon the hilles, that all séemed a lighte fire.
And also desired him for so much as he was not well placed among those sandy bankes, that it might please him to goe with him to certayne townes aboute sixe or seuen leagues frö thence.
Cortes wente vp and downe in the Courte a long season, being sore afflicted in a certaine sute aboute hys vassals, and also the processe and allegations of Nunio de Guzman, layde vnto hys charge in hys residence.
With this determination, he came forthe one day into the yard or courte, and had long conference and consultation with his Gentlemen aboute this matter.
I had of late an honest man, and of good wealthe, repayred to my house to common wyth me aboute certeyne affaires.
He had him into a house, and tyed a halter aboute the wrestes of his handes, and hoysed him vp ouer a beame, and there dyd let him hang a good while: at the length, for very paine he required for Gods sake to let him down.
Now blowinge, and likely to contynue aboute 3 weeks.
We imagine that the charge of ffensing the said woodes, circuting 4 miles, will cost, to be done and kept according to the state, aboute CC markes.
I remember aboute a year before this I went with my wife to Caerlean preaching, on the Sunday afternoon, where I stood as near as I could by the door.
And as the jent was well acquainted with our family, I dined with him, and he brought me aboute a mile in my way home, so I parted with him, fully determning in my own mind to soon see my dear friends in New York again.
So I think there was aboute twenty that perfess sanctification joined, and aboute ten more that was crying after it.
When I was aboute 8 or 9 years old, my brother Francis was aboute four years older than me.
And then to come by the way of Ostend, being, as well I can remember, aboute five hundred miles.
I could not then doubt but this was the Lord's doings, and it was marvellous in my eyes, so that the report soon spread aboute the town.
Aboute this time I made a linen girdle to go aboute my loins inside my shirt.
Aboute this time I was asked to go with a mason to repair a mill dam; it was to be repaired with turf, and I had a small flatt bottam boat to carry the turf across the pool.
I think it wasaboute the midle of March 1795, Mr. M.
This Ihon had his garment of camels heer, and a lethren gerdell aboute his loynes.
Thys Iohn had hys garment of camels heer And a gyrdell of a skynne aboute hys loynes.
The see geth him al aboute · he stond as in an yle, Of fon hii dorre the lasse doute · bote hit be thorgh gyle .
He sett a trumpett till his mouth, 105 He blew as it plesd his grace; Twenty score of Hambletons Was light aboute the place.
They were no soner at supper sett, 25 Then after said the grace, Or captaine Care and all his men Wer lighte aboute the place.
Ful looth were him to cursen for his tythes, But rather wolde he yeven, out of doute, Un-to his povre parisshens aboute Of his offring, and eek of his substaunce.
Benit aged aboute 50 yrs testifieth yt Mercy Disbrow tould him yt shee would make him as bare as a birds taile, which he saith was about two or three yrs sine wch was before he lost any of his creatures.
Elizabeth Benit aged about 20 yrs testifieth yt Mercy Disbrow did say that it should be prest heeped and running ouer to her sd Elizabth; wch was somtime last winter after som difference yt was aboute a sow of Benje.
Godman was at their house, she cutt a sopp and put in pann; Betty Brewster called the maide to tell her & said she was aboute her workes of darkness, and was suspitious of Mris.
Luce Pell, the wife of Thomas Pell, being sworne deposeth as followeth, that aboute a day after goodwife Knapp was condemned for a witch, Mris.
His browes bresed as breres aboute his brode chekes; [Sidenote: His eyes were hollow, and grey as the kite’s.
Before the tyme come you go aboute this, to haue your sonne a byshop, or an abbot, and wylt thou not fashion hym to this well, to beare the office of a byshop, or an abbot?
In all likeiammes where there are more than one made aboute one bias line, the fill squares of euery of them must nedes be equall.
To make a square quadrate aboute annye circle assigned.
Another waie also maie you drawe a cinkeangle aboute a circle, drawyng first a cinkeangle in the circle (whiche is an easie thyng to doe, by the doctrine of the .
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