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" French, before these times used, they do not in anywise understand; for which causes, with many others, it being considered how that the greater part of the lords and trusty commons have begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother tongue... "
The History of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of London: Principally ... - Page 106
by William Herbert - 1834
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 24

Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...idiom, but in others, to wit, the Latin and French before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...which concern us, as appeareth in the following." The succeeding entries are chiefly found in English. Henry the Sixth confirmed and chartered many companies,...
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William Caxton: The First English Printer: a Biography

Charles Knight - Printers - 1844 - 252 pages
...idiom, but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother-tongue, so we also in our craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future...
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The Old Printer and the Modern Press

Charles Knight - Book industries and trade Great Britain History - 1854 - 350 pages
...idiom, but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother-tongue, so we also in our craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future...
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The invention of printing

Theodore Low De Vinne - Printing - 1877 - 572 pages
...idiom, but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...noted down in our mother tongue, so we also, in our own craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future to commit to memory the needful...
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William Caxton, the First English Printer: A Biography

Charles Knight - Biography & Autobiography - 1877 - 174 pages
...idiom, but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother-tongue, so we also in our craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future...
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History of the English Language

Thomas R. Lounsbury - English language - 1879 - 392 pages
...idiom ; but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother-tongue, we also in our craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future so...
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History of the English Language

Thomas R. Lounsbury - English language - 1879 - 400 pages
...the Lords and trusty Commons have begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother-tongue, we also in our craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future so to commit to memory the needful things which concern us." At last, towards the close of the fifteenth...
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History of the English Language

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury - English language - 1924 - 548 pages
...idiom ; but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand ; for which causes, with many others, it...begun to make their matters to be noted down in our mother-tongue, we also in our craft, following in some manner their steps, have decreed in future so...
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Six Town Chronicles of England

Ralph Flenley - History - 1911 - 216 pages
...writing ', and as many of the craft of Brewers ' do not in any wise understand ' Latin or French, and ' the greater part of the lords and trusty commons have...their matters to be noted down in our mother tongue ', therefore the ordinances of their craft also are henceforth to be written in English.1 It has been...
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Writing After Chaucer: Essential Readings in Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century

Daniel J. Pinti - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 300 pages
...idiom, but in others, to wit, the Latin and French, before these times used, they do not in any wise understand. For which causes with many others, it...noted down in our mother tongue, so we also in our cmft, following in some manner their stops, have decreed to commit to memory the needful things which...
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