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A09151 The testaments of the [twelue] patriarches the sonnes [of] Iacob: translated out of the Greeke [into] Latine by Robert Grosthed, some[time] Byshop of Lyncolne, and out of his copye into French and Dutch by others: Now Englished by A. G. To the credit whereof an auncient Greeke copye written in parchment, is kept in the Vniversitie Library of Cambridge.; Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English. Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name. 1576 (1576) STC 19467; ESTC S113653 69,583 168

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as_o well_o as_o theresidue_n of_o my_o brethren_n therefore_o my_o child_n keep_v yourselves_o from_o all_o spite_n and_o envy_n and_o walk_v in_o singleness_n of_o mind_n and_o good_a conscience_n after_o the_o example_n of_o your_o father_n brother_n that_o god_n may_v give_v you_o grace_n glory_n and_o blessedness_n upon_o your_o head_n nature_n as_o you_o see_v in_o he_o of_o all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n he_o do_v never_o cast_v we_o in_o the_o t●th_n with_o it_o but_o love_v we_o as_o his_o own_o soul_n and_o more_o than_o his_o own_o child_n honour_a we_o and_o geve_v we_o riches_n cattle_n and_o corn_n abundant_o you_o therefore_o my_o child_n love_v you_o one_o a_o other_o with_o a_o good_a heart_n and_o put_v from_o you_o the_o spirit_n of_o envy_n envy_n for_o it_o make_v a_o man_n soul_n to_o life_n grow_v savage_a body_n mar_v his_o body_n breed_v wrath_n and_o war_n in_o his_o thought_n set_v his_o blood_n on_o fire_n drive_v he_o out_o of_o his_o wit_n and_o 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