Oyen Dono to speake to the kyng to helpe with money to send in this shipp for Bantam, as also to cause the 22 bagges rise to be delivered me, paid for twise in acco.
Yet he called me once or twise to have com in, which I refused; which, as I understood afterward, was well esteemed of.
Yarmouth an hauen towne in Northfolke (which I much wonder at) set foorth almost twise as many ships and mariners, as either the king did at his owne costs and charges, or as any one citie or towne in England besides.
The Church of Schalholt was farre greater as I haue heard in olde time, then this our Cathedrall, which hauing now beene twise burnt, is brought to a lesser scantling.
Where we found thus written: Island is twise as great as Sicilie, &c.
And East Northeast of Russia lieth Lampas, which is a place where the Russes, Tartars, and Samoeds meete twise a yeere, and make the faire to barter wares for wares.
They hauetwise as much land as the Duke himselfe hath: but yet he is reasonable eeuen with them, as thus: When they take bribes of any of the poore and simple, he hath it by an order.
I saw, ones or twise (Orontius beyng then with me, in Company) it were to straunge to tell.
Then give me leave to fetch my breath, And welcome: twise and thrice well met: Where my hearts joy is set.
Liues he good Vnckle, twise I sawe him downe, Twise vp againe: 5 From helmet to the spurre, all bleeding ore.
May not a man of my age for want of counsell, fayle twise or thrise and mysse of promes and at the last repent and rebuke him selfe by his experience?
Maye not a man of mye age for lacke of Counselle, of w{ch} I am verye destitute falle twise or thrise, and yet repent and be chastised bye experience?
He followeth them which once or twise iustly repaie vnto their creditors such money as they haue borrowed, kéeping their promise duly, that afterwards they may obtaine a great summe of them, and then deceiue them.
To all the which points, he answered by signes as he was commanded, by the which he affirmed, or denied any thing, according as he strake the boord twise or thrise togither.
Capgraue setteth downe, & other likewise remembred in the golden Legend, and Legendarie of Excester, I might bring a rable out of Scotland able to furnish vp a calendar, though the yere were twise as long.
But as the partie confuted may not replie on that daie, so one man can not speake twise to one bill in one daie though he would change his opinion, but on the next he may speake againe, & yet but once as afore.
Plato called the Siciliens monsters, for that they vsed to eat twise in the daie.
I will not bandie with thee word for word, But buckle with thee blowes twise two for one.
And twise so oft came Edward to my view, With purple Faulchen painted to the hilts, ·eac060· In bloud of those whom he had slaughtered.
At my being in Aleppo I hired two Nazaranies, and one of them hath bene twise in the Indies, and hath the language very well, but he is a very lewde fellow, and therefore I will not take him with me.
Our beere continued good vntill we were passed the Cape de bona speranza: from thence we began to mingle it with water hauing a portion of wine allowed vs twise a day, and this allowance continued vntill our returne into Holland.
The first battell was gouerned by the duke of Orleance, wherein were six and thirtie banners, and twise as manie penons.
And monsieur Iohn Darminake, and the seneshall of Agenois, which were in the towne of Agen, would not once put foorth their head, nor anie of their people, and yet haue they beene twise before that towne.
The Frenchmen did behaue themselues right valiantlie, and especiallie sir Eustace de Ribaumont: he strake the king that daie twise vpon his knees, but finallie he was taken prisoner by the king himselfe.
Only, min' and gie her a pickle corn ance, and meal and watter twise upo' the ro'd.
He knoweth, that Xenophon, writing twise of // {9.
The olde and best authors that euer wrote, were content if occasion required to speake twise of one matter, not to change the wordes, but rhetos, that is, worde for worde to expresse it againe.
Shall with their lookes put Parthian foes to flight, And make them twise turne their deceitfull lookes, 1450 Ant.
Where ye see this figure of Twynnes twise vsed, once when he said horses and barbes for barbd horses: againe when he saith with venim and with dartes for venimous dartes.
Then nexte they haue an other brothe: and after that they are serued wyth fleshe twise sod[8], or fishe twise het.
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