To this purpose also serueth Orewood, which is a weed either growing vpon the rockes vnder high water marke, or broken from the bottome of the sea by rough weather, and cast vpon the next shore by the wind and flood.
Aside from this towne, towards the North sea, extendeth a fruitfull veine of land, comprizing certayne parishes, which serueth better then any other place in Cornwall for Winter feeding, and suitably enricheth the Farmours.
I couch a part of my selfe close vnder your girdle, and the other part serueth for a walking-staffe in your hand.
The nauie of England may be diuided into three sortes, of which the one serueth for the warres, the other for burden, and the third for fishermen, which get their liuing by fishing on the sea.
The maine water that serueth this issue, riseth aboue Carleton from the foot of an hill, which séemeth to part the head of this and that of Warne in sunder.
It is little aboue sixteene miles from the coast of Wales, though it be thirtie from Caldée, and yet it serueth (as I am informed) lord and king in Deuonshire.
Come kidie, which riseth flat north from the place where it goeth into the Sauerne, and serueth oft for harbour vnto sea-farers.
The maine water that serueth this issue, riseth aboue Carleton from the foot of an hill, which seemeth to part the head of this and that of Warne in sunder.
It is little aboue sixteene miles from the coast of Wales, though it be thirtie from Caldee, and yet it serueth (as I am informed) lord and king in Deuonshire.
The Oile of Waxe, is myraculous and diuine in workyng, bycause it serueth in a manner vnto all griefes.
The waxe besides serueth to all maner of plaisters, ointments, suppositories, and such like.
Which red water being the last, serueth for sundrie vses, as to die womens haire yellow, by often wetting the haire with a Spunge, and drying the same in the hote Sunne.
Who soserueth the beastlie affections of his [Sidenote: Hercules.
This oracion of a common place, serueth bothe for the ac- cuser and the defender.
As for his own countrey men euery one serueth of his owne proper costes and charges, sauing that he giueth to his Harcubisiers certaine allowance for powder and shot: or else no man in all his countrey hath one pennie wages.
Colmogro serueth Gratonowe, Vologda and the Mosco with all the countrey thereabout with salte and saltfish.
A staffe of sixe verses, is very pleasant to the eare, and also serueth for a greater complement then the inferiour staues, which maketh him more commonly to be vsed.
For there issueth out of the ground a marueilous quantitie of oile, which oile they fetch from the uttermost bounds of all Persia: it serueth all the countrey to burn in their houses.
All the residue of the foresayde circuite serueth for places to bréede foule, with gardens of hearbes and swéete trees, with Roses and floures for the Altars.
He gaue vnto hym also twenty bushels of the grayne called Centli, readye sowen, and two thousand stockes of trées called Cacauatl, whiche bringeth forthe the fruite Cacao, that serueth for money and meate.
There are many mines of copper in great quantity, whereof they spend in the countrey as much as serueth their turnes.
They make cloth as much as serueth the countrey, for the common people, and send much cloth into Peru.
Sidenote: Amplificacio] A greate parte of eloquence is set in increasing and diminyshing, and serueth for thys purpose, that the thyng shulde seme as great as it is in dede, lesser or greater then it seemeth to manye.
Howbeit an Image serueth rather to euidence or grauitie, or iocunditie, then to a profe.
This place therfore serueth for many thynges, to make more or lesse.
I wyll neuer accuse man for beyng in Loue wyth a fayre and vertuous Woman, nor esteeme hym a slaue, whych painefully serueth a sobre Mayden, whose heart is fraught wyth honeste affections, and Mynd wyth desyre tending to good ende.
But whereunto booteh it to employ tyme, ordeyned for eating, in expense of talke, whych serueth not but to passe the tyme, and to shorten, the day?
I do not here declare the industrie that might (with the fauour of God) be vsed to win and ouercome this people, for that the place serueth not for it; and I haue giuen large notice thereof, vnto whom I am bound.
Thy Bandog[E450] that serueth for diuerse mishaps, forget not to giue him thy bones and thy scraps.
Serueth this libertie for my person onelie, or for my goods too?
Wherefore heere intend I to keepe him, sith mans law serueth the gardian to keepe the infant.
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