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A69244 Here foloweth the. C. hystoryes of Troye Lepistre de Othea deesse de Prudence, enuoyee a lesperit cheualereny [sic] Hector de Troye, auec cent histoires.; Epître d'Othéa à Hector. English Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431.; Wyer, Robert, fl. 1530-1556. 1549 (1549) STC 7272; ESTC S108381 74,324 323

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saint_n the_o xxxii_o allegory_n the_o auctorite_n say_v that_o the_o good_a knight_n ought_v to_o frequent_v the_o temple_n by_o semblable_a case_n ought_v to_o do_v the_o good_a sprite_n and_o aught_o to_o have_v a_o syngule_a devotion_n in_o the_o holy_a church_n catholyke_a and_o in_o the_o comunion_n of_o saint_n as_o say_v the_o article_n which_o say_v s._n simon_n sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la communionem_fw-la the_o xxxiii_o history_n the_o xxxiii_o text_n oft_o to_o go_v by_o see_v if_o fortune_n have_v the_o lent_fw-la thou_o ought_v for_o to_o reclaim_v neptune_n in_o thy_o mind_n and_o well_o his_o feat_n to_o halowe_v his_o seruyce_n to_o augment_v to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o the_o keep_v from_o great_a tempest_n and_o wound_n the_o xxxiii_o gloze_v neptune_n after_o the_o law_n of_o paynyme_n be_v call_v the_o god_n of_o the_o see_v and_o therefore_o she_o will_v say_v to_o the_o good_a knight_n that_o he_o ought_v to_o serve_v he_o to_o 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