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... passing lowliness excelled . Whereof we will be contented to recite one most worthy example . He had given to Bishop Aidan a very fair and proper gelding , which that virtuous bishop ( though he used most to travel on foot ) might use ...
... passing lowliness excelled . Whereof we will be contented to recite one most worthy example . He had given to Bishop Aidan a very fair and proper gelding , which that virtuous bishop ( though he used most to travel on foot ) might use ...
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... passed , it is thought they are disembarked until the next spring ' ; also that a Spanish nobleman who was at Dunkirk ' found them unready ' , and declared that the Duke and another would ' lose their heads if they had been in Spain ...
... passed , it is thought they are disembarked until the next spring ' ; also that a Spanish nobleman who was at Dunkirk ' found them unready ' , and declared that the Duke and another would ' lose their heads if they had been in Spain ...
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... passed the isles at the North of Scotland , and we are now sailing towards Spain , with the wind at N.E . ' . 2 In this blunt way he hides one of the most wonderful cases of luck in weather ever recorded . Another account states that ...
... passed the isles at the North of Scotland , and we are now sailing towards Spain , with the wind at N.E . ' . 2 In this blunt way he hides one of the most wonderful cases of luck in weather ever recorded . Another account states that ...
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