And gaue in charge to one of the chiefe men in Sio, to send vnto the sayd Iewe all things needefull to maintaine him.
Which if you cannot get reformed there of the Beglerbies vpon your complaint, I thereof aduertised, shal doe it here, and to the vttermost maintaine you in al rightful causes whatsoeuer, doubt you not.
As a man may easily obserue in them, that maintaine continuall warres against the most barbarous and cruell Tartars.
With whose reproch and odious menace 6 The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace 8 His grasping hold: so lightly did vpstart, And drew his deadly weapon, to maintaine his part.
But euermore vouchsafe it to maintaine 604 Against vile Zoilus backbitings vaine.
Further I say, and further will maintaine Vpon his bad life, to make all this good.
Thou lyest, And will maintainewhat thou hast said, is false, In thy heart blood, though being all too base To staine the temper of my Knightly sword Bul.
Afterward the English being trained to that fight, did thereby chiefly maintaine themselues with honourable aduantage, against all nations with whom they did contend in armes; being generally reputed the best shot in the world.
Exceter, Northumberland, and some other parts did rise against him in armes; but being vnable to maintaine their reuolt, their ouerthrow did much confirme his State.
I condemne not such therefore as are now there, and are not able to worke; but I advise for the future those men that are of weake constitutions to keepe at home, if their estates cannot maintaine servants.
Agreed that whosoever being an Inhabitant in the Towne shall receive any person, or family upon their propriety that may prove chargeable to the Towne shall maintaine the said persons at their owne charges, to save the Towne harmeles.
Two Leagues of lyes the Isle of Shooles one of the best places for ffishing in the land, they have built a Church here and maintaine a Minister.
Nowe, Peter Simon, thou art old, I will maintaine thee and thy sonne; And the men shall have five hundred markes For the good service they have done.
It was the ladies pleasure To give him gold and treasure, And to maintaine him in great pomp and fame; At last came newes assuredly Of a battaile fought in Barbary, 65 And he would valiantly go see the same.
I haue begd to maintaine me the better part of the waye, onely because I would intermit no time from my pursute in going backe for monie.
Signifieng that in a true loue knot his sword was tide to defend and maintaine the high features of his mistres.
More his fame to advance, Thousands he lent his king, To maintaine warres in France, Glory from thence to bring.
We wish not peace to maintaine cruell warre, But we make warre to maintaineus in peace.
And in this meeter where ye haue whole words bissillable vnbroken, that maintaine (by reason of their accent) sundry feete, yet going one with another be very harmonicall.
The Lacedemonians bearing long bushes of haire, finely kept & curled vp, vsed this ciuill argument to maintainethat custome.
This is (ye will perchaunce say) my singular opinion: then ye shall see how well I can maintaine it.
And the Fathers themselues deny, that a man should subscribe vnto their opinion in ought that they doo maintaine and auouche without the warrant of Gods word.
The deuil, as he in the fulness of his malice, first inuented these great ruffes, so hath hee now found out also two great stayes to beare vp and maintaine this his kingdome of great ruffes.
For the lands assigned to maintaine the army, are euer certain, annexed to this office without improuing, or detracting one foot.
I giue it you, and willmaintaine my word: And thereupon I drinke vnto your Grace Hast.
Day, I know not the Phrase: but I will maintaine the Word with my Sword, to bee a Souldier-like Word, and a Word of exceeding good Command.
Certainly there are yet many things left to discovery, and it cannot be any inconvenience for us, to maintaine a new truth, or rectifie an ancient errour.
I should guesse hee could not have knowledge enough to maintaine any other Hypothesis who was so ignorant in Mathematicks, as to deny that any good Authour held this.
Thus some thinke, but verelie although that their opinion is not to be allowed in any condition, which maintaine that there should be any [Sidenote: Against the opinion of the Aborigines.
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