This town doth containe neare fiue and twentye thousand houses (as some say) but as euery house städeth by himselfe like an Iland, it seemeth much bigger than it is in déede.
All the other armes containe likewise sixteene leagues in length, sauing one small or narrow arme, which is called The riuer de los Beguaes; for this containeth fortie leagues in length.
The towne of Panuco may containe aboue 70 families; the most of their houses are of lime and stone, and some made of timber, and all of them are thatched.
So I inserted it last yeare in Mr. Lilly's almanac, and towards the later end of summer there came so much company that the village could not containe them, and they are now preparing for building of houses against the next summer.
Sir, Three days since I receaved your letter of the 9ᵗʰ instant together with one from Mr. Aubrey, and because they containeboth the same particulars I thinke it unnecessary to repeat to you what I have written back to that gentleman.
If a poor bodie had brought his lordship halfe a dozen pebbles of a curious colour, he would give them a shilling, so curious was he in perfecting his fish-ponds, which I guesse doe containe four acres.
These Eglogues came after to containe and enforme morall discipline, for the amendment of mans behauiour, as be those of Mantuan and other moderne Poets.
Make me saith this writer to one of the comnpanie, so many strokes or lines with your pen as ye would haue your song containe verses: and let euery line bearue his seuerall length, euen as ye would haue your verse of measure.
The aforesaide ships were of an huge and incredible capacitie and receipt: for the whole fleete was large enough to containe the burthen of sixty thousand tunnes.
This navie (as Diego Pimentelli afterward confessed) was esteemed by the king himselfe to containe thirty-two thousand persons, and to cost him every day thirty thousand ducates.
If you have observed the course of my foure seasons; they containe the infancie, the youth, the viriltie, and the old age of the world.
So huge a scope at first him seemed best, 6 To be the compasse of his kingdomes seat: So huge a mind could not in lesser rest, 8 Ne in small meares containe his glory great, That Albion had conquered first by warlike feat.
My narrow leaues cannot in them containe 6 The large discourse of royall Princes state.
So that these two places maycontaine twice as many people as are yet in new England: there being as yet scarce any inhabitants in these two spacious places.
For the whole Fleete was large ynough to containe the burthen of 60 thousand tunnes.
The pond may not carry one continuall depth, but containe some shallow places, to protect the smaller fish from the greater, and for them all to play in, when the weather is hote.
How then can we thinke that any ground (how good soeuer) can containe bodies of such greatnesse, and such great feeding, without great plenty of Sap arising from good earth?
And make no doubt but the fences of a large Orchard will containe a sufficient number of such kind of Fruit trees in the whole compasse.
Is that minde whose greatnes the world could not containe drawn within the compasse of an idle, 35 alluring eie?
After an exquisite suruey of the whole frame he found the length from the beak-head to the sterne (whereupon was erected a lanterne) to containe 165 foote.
A Iewell lockt into the wofulst Caske, That euer did containe a thing of worth, Euen as a splitted Barke, so sunder we: This way fall I to death Qu.
When that this bodie did containe a spirit, A Kingdome for it was too small a bound: But now two paces of the vilest Earth Is roome enough.
Banish your dotage, banish vsurie, That makes the Senate vgly 1 If after two dayes shine, Athens containe thee, Attend our waightier Iudgement.
These Tables may containe your thoughts[167] in part, But write not all, that's written in your heart.
For indeede I doe love Her moste heartilie, so y^t my Wordes can not saye it, nor will y^is Booke containe it.
My narrow leaves cannot in them containe The large discourse of royall Princes state.
But of the twelve other vertues I make XII other knights the patrons, for the more varietie of the historic: Of which these three bookes containe three.
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