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Page 298
... mightie hands , the distaffe vile to hold , For his huge club , which had subdew'd of old So many monsters , which the world annoyed ; His Lyons skin chaungd to a pall of gold , In which forgetting warres , he onely ioyed In combats of ...
... mightie hands , the distaffe vile to hold , For his huge club , which had subdew'd of old So many monsters , which the world annoyed ; His Lyons skin chaungd to a pall of gold , In which forgetting warres , he onely ioyed In combats of ...
Page 521
... mightie Crocodile , That cram'd with guiltles blood , and greedie pray Of wretched people trauailing that way , Thought all things lesse than his disdainful pride . I saw a little Bird , cal'd Tedula , The least of thousands which on ...
... mightie Crocodile , That cram'd with guiltles blood , and greedie pray Of wretched people trauailing that way , Thought all things lesse than his disdainful pride . I saw a little Bird , cal'd Tedula , The least of thousands which on ...
Page 618
... mightie Cities , in some Shires and Seigniories , and Prouinces , in some whole Countryes , and Regions haue been perillously mooued and shaken therewith : in one place , a long time together : in an other place , not so long , or at ...
... mightie Cities , in some Shires and Seigniories , and Prouinces , in some whole Countryes , and Regions haue been perillously mooued and shaken therewith : in one place , a long time together : in an other place , not so long , or at ...
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