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A sermon preached at Saint Marie Spittle April. 10. 1615. By Thomas Anyan Doctour of Divinity, and president of Corpus Christi College in Oxon
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Anyan, Thomas, 1580 or 81-1632.
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this_o infinite_a benefit_n which_o shall_v remain_v long_o than_o any_o city_n for_o when_o the_o stone_n shall_v by_o time_n and_o long_a continuance_n be_v decay_v yet_o justitia_fw-la manet_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la the_o founder_n &_o benefactor_n especial_o with_o we_o of_o that_o university_n shall_v be_v in_o everlasting_a remembrance_n solaque_fw-la non_fw-la nôrunt_fw-la haec_fw-la monumenta_fw-la mori_fw-la of_o this_o assure_a i_o be_o that_o neither_o the_o plantation_n of_o ulster_n in_o ireland_n nor_o the_o contribution_n to_o prage_v in_o bohemia_n may_v stand_v comparison_n with_o this_o monument_n of_o all_o art_n and_o learning_n of_o who_o benefit_n not_o only_o our_o own_o nation_n but_o the_o remote_a kingdom_n of_o the_o christian_a world_n shall_v have_v a_o taste_n it_o disquiet_v the_o wise_a man_n that_o ever_o be_v to_o think_v that_o he_o shall_v leave_v his_o good_n he_o know_v not_o to_o who_o