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... thou boasts to win , Through Strife , and bloud - shed , and auengement , Now praysd , hereafter deare thou shalt repent : For life must life , and bloud must bloud repay . Is not enough thy euill life forespent ? 41 42 43 For he , that ...
... thou boasts to win , Through Strife , and bloud - shed , and auengement , Now praysd , hereafter deare thou shalt repent : For life must life , and bloud must bloud repay . Is not enough thy euill life forespent ? 41 42 43 For he , that ...
Page 148
... thou maiest happen fall . Why then doest thou , O man of sin , desire To draw thy dayes forth to their last degree ? Is not the measure of thy sinfull hire High heaped vp with huge iniquitie , Against the day of wrath , to burden thee ...
... thou maiest happen fall . Why then doest thou , O man of sin , desire To draw thy dayes forth to their last degree ? Is not the measure of thy sinfull hire High heaped vp with huge iniquitie , Against the day of wrath , to burden thee ...
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... thou maist loue , and dearely loued bee , And swim in pleasure , which thou here doest mis ; There maist thou best be seene , and best maist see : The wood is fit for beasts , the court is fit for thee . Who so in pompe of proud estate ...
... thou maist loue , and dearely loued bee , And swim in pleasure , which thou here doest mis ; There maist thou best be seene , and best maist see : The wood is fit for beasts , the court is fit for thee . Who so in pompe of proud estate ...
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