Whylest seeking to aslake thy raging fyre, Thou in me kindlest much more great desyre, 5 And up aloft above my strength doth rayse The wondrous matter of my fire to praise.
To rayse his mean estate That sooths no wanton's sinne, 10 Doth that preferment hate That virtue doth not winne.
And massie Oakes could weeld, To raysethe pyles of Thebes.
In fine, the commissioner with all his diligence could not possibly rayse above 200 seamen there.
He had excellent notions for the raysing of water; I have heard him say, that he could rayse the water at Worcester with lesse trouble, i.
Away to Irland came one with a commission, and acquaints Sir William with it; sayes Sir William, 'you will never rayse this number here.
But from which grave and earth and dust The Lord will rayse me up I trust.
When they lose one of these they rayse tollerable wynds.
When they lose an other the wynde is more vehement; but by losing the thyrd they rayse playne tempestes as in old tyme they were accustomed to rayse thunder and lyghtnyng" (Hist.
And I'l go call the pesants To rayse another tempest.
A small stocke To rayse a second fortune; yet com, frend, Wee will go seeke her out.
Post to thy mayster, bid him meete us heare: Mean tyme my menn shall rayse the villagers Boathe in the reskewe of these innocent maydes And in defens of holly priveledge.
Phedon+ I hight (quoth he) and do aduaunce 8 Mine auncestry from famous Coradin, Who first to rayse our house to honour did begin.
Or how haps it, I seeke not to aduance Or rayse my selfe?
If thou haue power to rayse him, bring him hither, And Ile be sworne, I haue power to shame him hence.
So sweete a kisse the golden Sunne giues not, To those fresh morning drops vpon the Rose, As thy eye beames, when their fresh rayse haue smot.
Penthesilea one of their Queenes with hir mayny, indeuoured to rayse the Greekes, that so many yeares had lien before the same.
When children lose a good father, and subiects a good Prynce, eyther they muste dye wyth them, or else by teares they must rayse them vp again, for so much as a good Prince in a common wealth is so rare, as the Phoenix in Arabia.
Colonells, who is thereby to be enabled to rayse a regiment to bring his several companies to our standard.
Oh had I perished in that prosperous warre Euen in mine Honors height, that happy day, When Mithridates fall did rayse my fame: Then had I gonne with Honor to my graue.
The words "as by two clacks of a water-bellows to rayse water" are Harvey's own racy English, embedded in his Latin text.
And though I wishe my lorde may raysehis bloode, Yet that wishe should give way to myne owne good.
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