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A48803 The marrow of history, or, The pilgrimmage of kings and princes truly representing the variety of dangers inhaerent to their crowns, and the lamentable deaths which many of them, and some of the best of them, have undergone : collected, not onely out of the best modern histories, but from all those which have been most famous in the Latine, Greek, or in the Hebrew tongue : shewing, not onely the tragedies of princes at their deaths, but their exploits and sayings in their lives, and by what virtues some of them have flourished in the height of honour, and overcome by what affections, others of them have sunk into the depth of all calamities : a work most delightfull for knowledge, and as profitable for example / collected by Lodowick Lloyd ... ; and corrected and revived by R.C. ... Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665. 1653 (1653) Wing L2660; ESTC R39067 223,145 321

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truth_n always_o appear_v in_o a_o shamefast_a countenance_n wherefore_o the_o wise_a cato_n the_o senior_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o young_a man_n that_o wax_v red_a be_v better_a to_o be_v trust_v than_o those_o that_o will_v wax_v pale_a for_o the_o one_o signify_v shamefastness_n and_o the_o other_o deceit_n for_o pythias_n aristotle_n daughter_n be_v demand_v what_o colour_n be_v best_a in_o man_n or_o woman_n she_o answer_v that_o colour_n that_o shamefastness_n bring_v which_o be_v a_o blush_a countenance_n but_o to_o speak_v of_o pirate_n sextus_n pompey_n the_o son_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a keep_v under_o he_o divers_a and_o sundry_a pirate_n about_o the_o border_n of_o italy_n and_o sicily_n to_o rob_v and_o spoil_v upon_o the_o sea_n to_o his_o great_a infamy_n and_o reproach_n be_v the_o son_n of_o so_o famous_a a_o roman_a who_o rome_n a_o long_a time_n so_o esteem_v that_o caesar_n hardly_o may_v be_v superior_a to_o he_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o king_n 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