Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11101 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

speachspeech

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 3,881 times in 590 works
Consistency: 98.7% (3,881 of 3,930)
Reach if approved: ~4,130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: speech
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,931 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,881 changes in 590 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,881)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… way of answere to the Minor Proposition, you say you see not how our speachspeech vnto God should be Apocrypha: It answeareth not me, who deny an other mans …
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… way of answere to the Minor Proposition, you say you see not how our speachspeech vnto God should be Apocrypha: It answeareth not me, who deny an other mans …
John Greenwood · More Work for Priests · p. 33 · Open in the reader
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… vertuous and praise-worthy amongst men, how much rather may wee vse the same speachspeech of doing the will of God from the heart. This indeed is to liue …
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… vertuous and praise-worthy amongst men, how much rather may wee vse the same speachspeech of doing the will of God from the heart. This indeed is to liue …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 154 · Open in the reader
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ARminius Exam. pag. 218. Tell me Sir, in this ſpeachspeech of Chriſt, To him that hath ſhall be giuen, Is not that promiſe conteined …
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ARminius Exam. pag. 218. Tell me Sir, in this ſpeachspeech of Chriſt, To him that hath ſhall be giuen, Is not that promiſe conteined …
Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · p. 8 · Open in the reader
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… immortall life in it ſelfe, and this is the reaſon that Chriſt vſes that ſpeachspeech, in the 6. of Iohn, vvhen he vvould proue, that he that eats his fleſh …
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… immortall life in it ſelfe, and this is the reaſon that Chriſt vſes that ſpeachspeech, in the 6. of Iohn, vvhen he vvould proue, that he that eats his fleſh …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 64 · Open in the reader
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… ouer his fellowes, nor his fellowes subiect vnto him. After the same maner of speachspeech vsually and dayly in vre, wee call Cicero the Father of eloquence, and prince …
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… ouer his fellowes, nor his fellowes subiect vnto him. After the same maner of speachspeech vsually and dayly in vre, wee call Cicero the Father of eloquence, and prince …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
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… but vpon seuen hils, For our Sauiour Christ (as the whole contexte of his speachspeech doth euydently declare) speaketh not there of the Catholike Church, but of hys Apostles …
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… but vpon seuen hils, For our Sauiour Christ (as the whole contexte of his speachspeech doth euydently declare) speaketh not there of the Catholike Church, but of hys Apostles …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
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… cannot. Now I craue no more of the reader but to marke the whole ſpeachspeech which you deliuered, and mine anſwere to it, and to iudge indifferently. If Maſter …
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… cannot. Now I craue no more of the reader but to marke the whole ſpeachspeech which you deliuered, and mine anſwere to it, and to iudge indifferently. If Maſter …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
For a liuing Dogge is better than a dead Lion. The former ſpeachspeech is figured heere by a prouerbiall ſentence. He that is but poore and of …
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For a liuing Dogge is better than a dead Lion. The former ſpeachspeech is figured heere by a prouerbiall ſentence. He that is but poore and of …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 226 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (49)

38 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 35 are listed here. 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Black Devil A00564

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A double occasion giues vs the hand of direction to this SpeachSpeech. Either it hath a reference to the Man dispossessed of the dumbe and blinde …
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A double occasion giues vs the hand of direction to this SpeachSpeech. Either it hath a reference to the Man dispossessed of the dumbe and blinde …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

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Now, in little more than an houres space, Philadelphus, returning, had this SpeachSpeech: How-so-ever I haue taken short tyme, yet in it, haue I learned …
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Now, in little more than an houres space, Philadelphus, returning, had this SpeachSpeech: How-so-ever I haue taken short tyme, yet in it, haue I learned …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 10 · Open in the reader
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… in-bred, or accressing evils, or Heresies. So, as then, though by an improper SpeachSpeech, yet the Communalitie of the Church, keeping Trueth, in relation to a few Declyners …
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… in-bred, or accressing evils, or Heresies. So, as then, though by an improper SpeachSpeech, yet the Communalitie of the Church, keeping Trueth, in relation to a few Declyners …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… persons, or companie, the Catholicke man, persons, or Church, it is an insolentlie arrogant SpeachSpeech. His Assumption I distinguish. If hee affirme, That Rome first converted all Nations to …
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… persons, or companie, the Catholicke man, persons, or Church, it is an insolentlie arrogant SpeachSpeech. His Assumption I distinguish. If hee affirme, That Rome first converted all Nations to …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
Saynct Paul sayeth the same SpeachSpeech;
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Saynct Paul sayeth the same SpeachSpeech;
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Oath, to his Iudge, or Superiour, that hee may vse a Bout-gate of SpeachSpeech, (Amphibologia) whether through a diverse signification of the word, or through the diverse intention …
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… Oath, to his Iudge, or Superiour, that hee may vse a Bout-gate of SpeachSpeech, (Amphibologia) whether through a diverse signification of the word, or through the diverse intention …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 118 · Open in the reader

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

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The Arch-Bishop of Armagh, in his SpeachSpeech which he delivered concerning the Kings Supremacy, (for which King Iames returned him in …
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The Arch-Bishop of Armagh, in his SpeachSpeech which he delivered concerning the Kings Supremacy, (for which King Iames returned him in …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 123 · Open in the reader

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

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… gether destitute of Merites. But how aunswereth Bellarmine, and qualifieth, or tempereth hee this SpeachSpeech? Perhaps (saieth hee) hee spake this humbly, but not truely. Which sense against sense …
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… gether destitute of Merites. But how aunswereth Bellarmine, and qualifieth, or tempereth hee this SpeachSpeech? Perhaps (saieth hee) hee spake this humbly, but not truely. Which sense against sense …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 189 · Open in the reader
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… and Oblations of the living, might be gotten done: grounding his Errour on that SpeachSpeech of our Saviour, Luke 12, 5, in which hee wisheth vs, to obserue, That Christ did …
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… and Oblations of the living, might be gotten done: grounding his Errour on that SpeachSpeech of our Saviour, Luke 12, 5, in which hee wisheth vs, to obserue, That Christ did …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 212 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

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… are no way capable, his inward Reason, and abilitie to vtter the same by SpeachSpeech: this benefite of God in Nature was turned into a conspiracie against God and …
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… are no way capable, his inward Reason, and abilitie to vtter the same by SpeachSpeech: this benefite of God in Nature was turned into a conspiracie against God and …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

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… A cleare particular and distinct Knowledge, maketh good discerning, due Estimation, and a true SpeachSpeech: But Ignorance maketh bad discerning, wrong estimation, and a false testimonie, wee cannot pry …
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… A cleare particular and distinct Knowledge, maketh good discerning, due Estimation, and a true SpeachSpeech: But Ignorance maketh bad discerning, wrong estimation, and a false testimonie, wee cannot pry …
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 155 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

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SpeachSpeech to the Nobilitie. 108.
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SpeachSpeech to the Nobilitie. 108.
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

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SpeachSpeech. SpeachSpeech which is heard. 6. 60.
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SpeachSpeech. SpeachSpeech which is heard. 6. 60.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader
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SpeachSpeech. SpeachSpeech which is heard. 6. 60.
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SpeachSpeech. SpeachSpeech which is heard. 6. 60.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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A COMFORTABLE SpeachSpeech for the Widow of the defunct.
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A COMFORTABLE SpeachSpeech for the Widow of the defunct.
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1220 · Open in the reader

An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise A16979

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… Abraham from VR. hovv Iacobs family can have 75. ſoules, & but 70. in Moſes: hovv the SpeachSpeech of the burial in Abrahams purchaſe can be true: by vvhat ground he affirmeth …
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… Abraham from VR. hovv Iacobs family can have 75. ſoules, & but 70. in Moſes: hovv the SpeachSpeech of the burial in Abrahams purchaſe can be true: by vvhat ground he affirmeth …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · Open in the reader
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… hid in a field, neuer to deare: Such is both Iacobs ſpeachspeech and the SpeachSpeech of the Crede, the firſt & laſt vſed fully in the ſame ſenſe: that, vvhen …
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… hid in a field, neuer to deare: Such is both Iacobs ſpeachspeech and the SpeachSpeech of the Crede, the firſt & laſt vſed fully in the ſame ſenſe: that, vvhen …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · Open in the reader
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… anger kindled burneth vnto Sheol. The next place of deſcending to Sheol is in SpeachSpeech of Anna Samuels mother, hovv she greued long & greatly vvas avveary of her life …
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… anger kindled burneth vnto Sheol. The next place of deſcending to Sheol is in SpeachSpeech of Anna Samuels mother, hovv she greued long & greatly vvas avveary of her life …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · Open in the reader
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… paths. In 2. Sam. 7. The kingdom of Chriſt altogether taught of Life Eternal: though the SpeachSpeech to this day is taken of Ievves for pompe here. When the Ievves open …
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… paths. In 2. Sam. 7. The kingdom of Chriſt altogether taught of Life Eternal: though the SpeachSpeech to this day is taken of Ievves for pompe here. When the Ievves open …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 15 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon the Lords Prayer A16985

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OUR SpeachSpeech with God requireth all the grace that words can afford: and becauſe of our …
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OUR SpeachSpeech with God requireth all the grace that words can afford: and becauſe of our …
Hugh Broughton · An Exposition Upon the Lords Prayer · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

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… damned for euer with the Diuils; This is the trauaile of the Chriſtian minde. SpeachSpeech of this is in all books of the Old Teſtament, in Adams tongue; in …
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… damned for euer with the Diuils; This is the trauaile of the Chriſtian minde. SpeachSpeech of this is in all books of the Old Teſtament, in Adams tongue; in …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 143 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

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… that is, The Father sayeth, PSAL. 97.7. Then, The Scripture which elsewhere is called the SpeachSpeech of the holie Ghost, is also the SpeachSpeech of the FATHER.
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… that is, The Father sayeth, PSAL. 97.7. Then, The Scripture which elsewhere is called the SpeachSpeech of the holie Ghost, is also the SpeachSpeech of the FATHER.
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 12 · Open in the reader
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… Scripture which elsewhere is called the SpeachSpeech of the holie Ghost, is also the SpeachSpeech of the FATHER.
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… Scripture which elsewhere is called the SpeachSpeech of the holie Ghost, is also the SpeachSpeech of the FATHER.
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 12 · Open in the reader

A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ A20559

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SpeachSpeech. 46
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SpeachSpeech. 46
John Dod · A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes A52356

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… will be the Iſſue of their courſe, he uſeth a very moving ſtrain of SpeachSpeech directing the ſame to that Idol Pleaſure, and that by Interrogation, what doth it …
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… will be the Iſſue of their courſe, he uſeth a very moving ſtrain of SpeachSpeech directing the ſame to that Idol Pleaſure, and that by Interrogation, what doth it …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 53 · Open in the reader
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… upon any true Advantage Men have by their ſinful pleaſures. And this forme of SpeachSpeech is uſed by Solomon to rouſe the Conſciences of Men that ſerve their pleaſures …
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… upon any true Advantage Men have by their ſinful pleaſures. And this forme of SpeachSpeech is uſed by Solomon to rouſe the Conſciences of Men that ſerve their pleaſures …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 53 · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

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… c. Moſt clearly hath Iames Usher Archbishop of Armagh opened this oath in a SpeachSpeech in the Star-chamber of Irland, when he was bishop of Meath: there he …
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… c. Moſt clearly hath Iames Usher Archbishop of Armagh opened this oath in a SpeachSpeech in the Star-chamber of Irland, when he was bishop of Meath: there he …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 327 · Open in the reader
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… is printed with it, and the rather, becauſe it is hiſtoricall: this is a SpeachSpeech of the ſame Sir Francis Knollis (Treaſurer of the Queens houſe, and Knight of …
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… is printed with it, and the rather, becauſe it is hiſtoricall: this is a SpeachSpeech of the ſame Sir Francis Knollis (Treaſurer of the Queens houſe, and Knight of …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 461 · Open in the reader
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III. Aprile 3. year 1603. the King had a publick SpeachSpeech in the great church of Edinburgh two dayes before he took journy unto England …
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III. Aprile 3. year 1603. the King had a publick SpeachSpeech in the great church of Edinburgh two dayes before he took journy unto England …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 567 · Open in the reader

The Canterburians Self-Conviction A68103

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… of Caſſandraes warning, the caſting of her in bands, for her true but unpleaſant SpeachSpeech, did bring the Troyane Horſe within the walls, and with it the quick ruine …
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… of Caſſandraes warning, the caſting of her in bands, for her true but unpleaſant SpeachSpeech, did bring the Troyane Horſe within the walls, and with it the quick ruine …
Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · Open in the reader
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… unto him the making of Lawes without his Parliament; the other in his Parliamentary SpeachSpeech making that Prince a perjured tyrant, who would not gladly bound himſelf within the …
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… unto him the making of Lawes without his Parliament; the other in his Parliamentary SpeachSpeech making that Prince a perjured tyrant, who would not gladly bound himſelf within the …
Robert Baillie · The Canterburians Self-Conviction · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Nullity of the Pretended Assembly at St Andrews and Dundee A85789

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… as not to be preſſed in matters of conſcience, witneſſe Mr. James Guthrie his SpeachSpeech, uttered publickly in the Commiſsion at Striveling, where in conference upon the Weſtern Remonſtrance …
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… as not to be preſſed in matters of conſcience, witneſſe Mr. James Guthrie his SpeachSpeech, uttered publickly in the Commiſsion at Striveling, where in conference upon the Weſtern Remonſtrance …
James Guthrie · The Nullity of the Pretended Assembly at St Andrews and Dundee · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Issachars Ass Braying Under a Double Burden B00103

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… Fire, and that the Founder hath melted in vayne. As I have directed my SpeachSpeech to the LORDES Vice-gerent, and moaned to him who best can mende the …
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… Fire, and that the Founder hath melted in vayne. As I have directed my SpeachSpeech to the LORDES Vice-gerent, and moaned to him who best can mende the …
William Guild · Issachars Ass Braying Under a Double Burden · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

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7 SpeachSpeech excellent becometh not
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7 SpeachSpeech excellent becometh not
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 241 · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

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Wherevpon sayeth the ordinarie Glosse; This Divine SpeachSpeech cutteth off both these; to wit. That neyther in affection thou worship such, neyther …
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Wherevpon sayeth the ordinarie Glosse; This Divine SpeachSpeech cutteth off both these; to wit. That neyther in affection thou worship such, neyther …
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 94 · Open in the reader