Nothyng sayth the Satir writer stãdeth the father in lesse cost then the sonne.
Thẽ quod he: I wold haue men come hyther & not you whych arenothyng lesse then men, and therwyth draue them away wyth his staffe.
Why dothe not holynes cause vs to do thys office seynge nothyng can please god better?
Let vs graunt that it is but a very lytle, yet were it better the chylde to do it, then eyther nothyng at al, or lerne somewhat that after muste be vnlerned.
Nature, when she geueth the a sonne, she geueth nothyng else, thẽ a rude lumpe of fleshe.
For ther can be nothyng eyther more quiet or more merye then such a mynd.
He wyll therfore be taught nothyng soner then vertue, and abhorre from nothynge sooner then folyshenesse, if so be the diligence of the parentes wyll incontinent set aworke the nature whyle it is emty.
Beholde how excellently lerned in the olde tyme men were in their youth, and how in oure daies they that be aged be hable to do nothyng in studie?
I know nothyng but that they whar gret to gether, &c.
I have tolde the masengere that he schulde brynge menothyng but evydens, for he is in a manere departyng owt of my servyse, wherfore I wold nott he knew so myche of my counsell.
In speakynge and wrytynge nothyng is more folyshe than to affecte or fondly to laboure to speake darkelye for the nonce, sithe the proper vse of speach is to vtter the meaning of our mynd with as playne wordes as maye be.
Preassumpcio, when a sillable is added to a word, the significacion of the worde therby nothyng altered, as: He vseth to slacken his matters, for to slacke his matters.
Ouide, Penelope wylling her husband Vlysses to come home hymselfe, and wryte nothyngvnto her.
For we remember nothyng so well when we be olde, as those things which we learned when we were yong: And this is not straunge, but Yong yeares // common in all natures workes.
Religion, and at last to thinke nothyng of God hym selfe, one speciall pointe that is to be learned in Italie, and Italian // hand.
All my chiefe quarell is to this same little knaue, That begyled me last day, nothyng shall him saue.
I dyd nothyng but byd hir worke and holde hir peace.
But as for monsters, by cause they be no newes, of them we were nothyng inquisitive.
Truely there is nothyng but madnes, or elles incredulitie.
Nor you wyll not denye this, that God is the chiefe and especiall goodnes, then whõ there is nothyng fayrer, there is nothyng ameabler, ther is nothing more delicious and swetter.
For wee see, nothyng reioyseth the angry man more, thê too bee reuenged on his offenders, but that pleasure is turned into pain after his rage bee past, and anger subdued.
Ther isnothyng more miserable then a mynd vnquiet & agreued with it selfe.
These folke haue in the aforesayde houses, euer plentie of rice duryng theyr lyues, but nothyng els.
Of that deuyl they make some accompte, for these spirites they care litle or nothyng at all.
The woman after was taken to a place to be drowned, and albeit shee had a chyld sucking on her breast, yet this moued nothyng the vnmerciful hartes of the enemies.
At this tyme nothyng els to your maistership; but and it please you to remembre my maister at your best leiser, wheder his old promise shall stande as touchyng my preferryng to the Boreshed in Suthwerke.
Item, my brother is redy[n] to Yarmowth for to lette brybers that wold a robbed a ship undyr color of my Lord of Warwyk, and longe nothyng to hem ward.
Or if one shulde speake of Peters denyeng of Christ / he hath nothyng to disprayse y^e person saue onely for this dede.
And Seneca wryteth, that slowe tarryinge doeth profite in nothyng but in wrathe.
Than quod the thyrd: then ther is nothyng left for me but the loynys, buttockes and legges; I am contente to haue it for my parte.
So moche he perswaded hym selfe, thatnothyng coude plese them that was well and truely spoken.
In this meane season came many of Tlaxcallan to the camp, some brought Ginnea cockes, other brought bread and Cherries, and gaue it for nothyng in comparison, with merry countenaunce, desiryng them to goe home with them vnto their houses.
Then the Chrystians soughte the spoyle, and founde nothyng but Turkie Hennes, and some thyngs wrought of Cotten wooll, but verye little Golde.
There is nothyng which can geue the same so mutch as one spot of vermilion rud.
But these honors be nothyng worth, where the Mynd is voyd of contentation, and wher the hearte pryckte forwarde by desire leaueth the Bodye and Mynde restlesse wythout quiet.
The good olde woman willing to follow hir minde, suffred hir alone, and doubted nothyng of that which she did meane to do.
So nothyngcan by stre[n]gth so stande, but strength maie ones decaie: yea, mightie kingdoms in time decaie haue felt.
Nothyng dooeth so moche adorne and beautifie, the seate and throne of a prince, as not onely to beare dominion, ouer mightie people and re- [Fol.
But Mars called the God of battaile, loued Uenus, beyng nothyng loued of Uenus: but Mars loued Uenus as feruently, as Uenus lo- ued Adonis.
Full well I know, that he which inuenteth, or maketh these demonstrations, is generally called A speculatiue Mechanicien: which differreth nothyng from a Mechanicall Mathematicien.
You speake against all reason, to saie that a wise man blameth order, he maie bee well thought wise, and be nothyng so.
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