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asseass

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
2,970 times in 1,029 works
Consistency
64.5% (2,970 of 4,605)
Reach if approved
~4,840 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ass
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,606 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,970 changes in 1,029 works, 64.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,970)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
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    … they put in their Colloquintida, in the Pottes of the Lord's Prophets, and the AsseAss hath joyned to plow with the Oxe together. And by so doing, they haue …
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    … they put in their Colloquintida, in the Pottes of the Lord's Prophets, and the AsseAss hath joyned to plow with the Oxe together. And by so doing, they haue …

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 100 · Open in the reader

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    … and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clark. God once made an AſſeAss to ſpeake, but he that ſhould therefore ſpurre his beaſt, till he ſpake alſo …
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    … and the neck-verſe, for ſometime he prooues no clark. God once made an AſſeAss to ſpeake, but he that ſhould therefore ſpurre his beaſt, till he ſpake alſo …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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    … dirt, or Christ eating the Paschall Lambe larded after the French fashion, or an AsseAss kneeling downe to the Sacrament, or Bees building a Chappell and the like legendarie …
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    … dirt, or Christ eating the Paschall Lambe larded after the French fashion, or an AsseAss kneeling downe to the Sacrament, or Bees building a Chappell and the like legendarie …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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    … thine enemies oxe straying, wouldst thou not driue him home Sawest thou thine enemies AsseAss fallen under his load, would'st thou not he…pe him up? if thou hast …
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    … thine enemies oxe straying, wouldst thou not driue him home Sawest thou thine enemies AsseAss fallen under his load, would'st thou not he…pe him up? if thou hast …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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    … Sander were as ignorant, as his argumentes are absurd, he were the most notable AsseAss, that euer wrote in diuinity, but I impute it not to ignorance, but to …
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    … Sander were as ignorant, as his argumentes are absurd, he were the most notable AsseAss, that euer wrote in diuinity, but I impute it not to ignorance, but to …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 539 · Open in the reader

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    … downe the Law, ſaying, I AM THE LORD THY GOD; and did cauſe Balaams AſſeAss to vtter words: ſo hee might cauſe the Organs of this Examinates body, to …
    With rule
    … downe the Law, ſaying, I AM THE LORD THY GOD; and did cauſe Balaams AſſeAss to vtter words: ſo hee might cauſe the Organs of this Examinates body, to …

    John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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    … drinke: the keeper of this fountaine was a Serpent; who would not suffer the AsseAss to drinke, vnles hee would giue him his burden. The AsseAss, both ready to …
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    … drinke: the keeper of this fountaine was a Serpent; who would not suffer the AsseAss to drinke, vnles hee would giue him his burden. The AsseAss, both ready to …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 198 · Open in the reader

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    … and they ſhall declare vnto thee Eſays Oxe knoweth his Maſters ſtall, and his AſſeAss his Maſters crib: but miſerable man hath not knowne his Maker.
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    … and they ſhall declare vnto thee Eſays Oxe knoweth his Maſters ſtall, and his AſſeAss his Maſters crib: but miſerable man hath not knowne his Maker.

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1,635)

932 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 60 are listed here. 703 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

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    Beast, eſpecially the labouring beaſt, as oxe, aſſeass, horſe.
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    Beast, eſpecially the labouring beaſt, as oxe, aſſeass, horſe.

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

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    … worde is not onely meant, but any of the like, or worſe meaning, as aſſeass, blocke, dolt, knaue, and drab, whore, &c, whereby we diſgrace the partie made to …
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    … worde is not onely meant, but any of the like, or worſe meaning, as aſſeass, blocke, dolt, knaue, and drab, whore, &c, whereby we diſgrace the partie made to …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

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    … wayes of any, who plow in the Lords field with an oxe and an aſſeass, much leſſe to gaine vulgar applauſe, or ſpring an hidden veyne of unknowne contribution …
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    … wayes of any, who plow in the Lords field with an oxe and an aſſeass, much leſſe to gaine vulgar applauſe, or ſpring an hidden veyne of unknowne contribution …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 162 · Open in the reader

A Caveat for Parsons Howlet A00714

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    … a beare, sauing that his head and … vvere the heade and taile of an asseass, because (as … yeelded the reason) hee liued vvithout reason, vvithout lawe, vvithout God. VVhat …
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    … a beare, sauing that his head and … vvere the heade and taile of an asseass, because (as … yeelded the reason) hee liued vvithout reason, vvithout lawe, vvithout God. VVhat …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

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    … onlie your man priviledged to bee a Poët? and is hee so (haeres ex asseass) vniversall Heyre to all the Muses, as that wee haue no part, nor portion …
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    … onlie your man priviledged to bee a Poët? and is hee so (haeres ex asseass) vniversall Heyre to all the Muses, as that wee haue no part, nor portion …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures A01074

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    … the commandement of our Lord Iesus Christ, to the two disciples, to fetch the asseass and the colt, from the 1. v. to the end of the 5. v.
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    … the commandement of our Lord Iesus Christ, to the two disciples, to fetch the asseass and the colt, from the 1. v. to the end of the 5. v.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

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    … of Infants, inceſtuous pollutions, eating raw fleſh, libidinous cōmixture, worſhipping the head of an aſſeass: which is thought to haue béene raiſed by the Iewes, alſo for worſhipping of …
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    … of Infants, inceſtuous pollutions, eating raw fleſh, libidinous cōmixture, worſhipping the head of an aſſeass: which is thought to haue béene raiſed by the Iewes, alſo for worſhipping of …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 18 · Open in the reader

The Pope Confuted A01130

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    … authoritie shoul… haue wonne the Spurres… and beene … for (…: yet so it came …o …asseass beyond all men… iudg…ments, by the only hand… … of God, … con…ra…, and …
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    … authoritie shoul… haue wonne the Spurres… and beene … for (…: yet so it came …o …asseass beyond all men… iudg…ments, by the only hand… … of God, … con…ra…, and …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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    … only, wherein hee may bee enstalled, which may aswell happen to the most doltish asseass in the worlde, as to some woorthy or famous personage, may of right clayme …
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    … only, wherein hee may bee enstalled, which may aswell happen to the most doltish asseass in the worlde, as to some woorthy or famous personage, may of right clayme …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew A01136

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    … king cōmeth vnto thee righteous & iust, a sauior, he is poore, & riding vpō an asseass, &c. And it behoued truely, that he which should come to ouerthrow ye high …
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    … king cōmeth vnto thee righteous & iust, a sauior, he is poore, & riding vpō an asseass, &c. And it behoued truely, that he which should come to ouerthrow ye high …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

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    … We are commanded in our Lawe not to plowe with an oxe and an asseass, neither to weare any garmēt of linsie wolsie: we vnderstande it so, that we …
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    … We are commanded in our Lawe not to plowe with an oxe and an asseass, neither to weare any garmēt of linsie wolsie: we vnderstande it so, that we …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

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    … not of the incredulous and per…idious &c. you …rite both like an ignorant asseass, and like an impudent …asphemer. For first where you say, ye vowelling, diui…ng …
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    … not of the incredulous and per…idious &c. you …rite both like an ignorant asseass, and like an impudent …asphemer. For first where you say, ye vowelling, diui…ng …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 94 · Open in the reader

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    … his sonne Iuda, saith: Iuda is a lyons whelpe▪ Likewise▪ Isachar is a strong asseass, Nephtali is an hynde let goe… Ioseph is a fruitfull branche, Beniamin is a …
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    … his sonne Iuda, saith: Iuda is a lyons whelpe▪ Likewise▪ Isachar is a strong asseass, Nephtali is an hynde let goe… Ioseph is a fruitfull branche, Beniamin is a …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 631 · Open in the reader

A Retentive to Stay Good Christians A01325

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    … so the name alone sufficient to moue any man. Who euer heard such an asseass b…aye? as though there were no difference, whether they haue the name rightfully …
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    … so the name alone sufficient to moue any man. Who euer heard such an asseass b…aye? as though there were no difference, whether they haue the name rightfully …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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    … for women to pray vncouered) nor the church of God. See how this impudent asseass, to stablish his ground of custome, is not ashamed to falsifie the wordes of …
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    … for women to pray vncouered) nor the church of God. See how this impudent asseass, to stablish his ground of custome, is not ashamed to falsifie the wordes of …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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    … our religion is of a later springe, then the Apostles, and therefore like an asseass, he flyeth to their common stable, saying that Luther liued but yesterdaye, as though …
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    … our religion is of a later springe, then the Apostles, and therefore like an asseass, he flyeth to their common stable, saying that Luther liued but yesterdaye, as though …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 67 · Open in the reader

Two Popish Heretics Confuted A01333

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    … Spirit, but to the Apostles and Elders at Ierusalem. O blocke-head and shamelesse asseass. Paul and Barnabas doubted not of the question, but sought the generally quiet of …
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    … Spirit, but to the Apostles and Elders at Ierusalem. O blocke-head and shamelesse asseass. Paul and Barnabas doubted not of the question, but sought the generally quiet of …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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    … goose to such an argument. And reason who will any longer with such an asseass about this matter, for I will harken to his law, seeing his Logike is …
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    … goose to such an argument. And reason who will any longer with such an asseass about this matter, for I will harken to his law, seeing his Logike is …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 153 · Open in the reader

Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment A01341

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    Who speeding home on witlesse asseass amaine,
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    Who speeding home on witlesse asseass amaine,

    Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture A01743

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    … foretold Pſal 22.6. Eſay 9.1. fulfilled Mat. 2.22, 23. & 13.55. Mar. 6.3. Iohn 7.15. Fifthly by his lowly riding on an aſſeass, Zach. 9.9. Mat. 21.7. Ioh. 12.14. Sixthly in his reproach and ſcornfull uſage before the high Prieſts …
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    … foretold Pſal 22.6. Eſay 9.1. fulfilled Mat. 2.22, 23. & 13.55. Mar. 6.3. Iohn 7.15. Fifthly by his lowly riding on an aſſeass, Zach. 9.9. Mat. 21.7. Ioh. 12.14. Sixthly in his reproach and ſcornfull uſage before the high Prieſts …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

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    … God can chaung him ſelfe as ſubiecte into a woman, an horſe or an aſſeass▪ whyche wordes of your maddeſſe, whan I dyd wrute: myn hande dyd tremble. They …
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    … God can chaung him ſelfe as ſubiecte into a woman, an horſe or an aſſeass▪ whyche wordes of your maddeſſe, whan I dyd wrute: myn hande dyd tremble. They …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. xx · Open in the reader

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    … be heade and maiſter, who dyd come humble, meke and pore, rideinge vpon an aſſeass, not hauinge an houſe where to …aye hys heade, diſpiſinge al worldly an outwarde …
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    … be heade and maiſter, who dyd come humble, meke and pore, rideinge vpon an aſſeass, not hauinge an houſe where to …aye hys heade, diſpiſinge al worldly an outwarde …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. xlvii · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

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    … neuer feare to surprise that City, whose gates were but wide enough for an asseass laden with gold to enter. How many Forts, Castles, Cities, Kingdomes hath that blowne …
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    … neuer feare to surprise that City, whose gates were but wide enough for an asseass laden with gold to enter. How many Forts, Castles, Cities, Kingdomes hath that blowne …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 318 · Open in the reader

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    … doth the like to the wolfe, and receiueth the like fauour. After this the asseass comes to confession, and his fault was, that being hungry he had taken out …
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    … doth the like to the wolfe, and receiueth the like fauour. After this the asseass comes to confession, and his fault was, that being hungry he had taken out …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 119 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ecclesiastes A02031

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    … from him, that he cannot vſe it to his comfort. He is like an aſſeass loaded with gold, and victuals, but eateth thiſtles, and in the end a ſtranger …
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    … from him, that he cannot vſe it to his comfort. He is like an aſſeass loaded with gold, and victuals, but eateth thiſtles, and in the end a ſtranger …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 135 · Open in the reader

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    … all men, that this happy man was the drudge, the Purueyor, the Porter, the aſſeass of other mens burdens. Here is the vnprofitableneſſe and vanity of his labour. And …
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    … all men, that this happy man was the drudge, the Purueyor, the Porter, the aſſeass of other mens burdens. Here is the vnprofitableneſſe and vanity of his labour. And …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 135 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

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    … not each one of you on the Sabbath day loose his oxe, or his asseass from the stall, and leade him away to the water? 16- And ought not this …
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    … not each one of you on the Sabbath day loose his oxe, or his asseass from the stall, and leade him away to the water? 16- And ought not this …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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    … visourd hypocrites: to play the hypocrite, thus there needes no great wit: for an asseass may be such an hypocrite, and any that can take him by the eares …
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    … visourd hypocrites: to play the hypocrite, thus there needes no great wit: for an asseass may be such an hypocrite, and any that can take him by the eares …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 201 · Open in the reader

The Way to True Happiness A02723

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    … wild, and therefore vnteachable; he is like a colt, and the colt of an asseass, and the colt of a wild asseass. Euery word hath its weight to set …
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    … wild, and therefore vnteachable; he is like a colt, and the colt of an asseass, and the colt of a wild asseass. Euery word hath its weight to set …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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    … a colt, and the colt of an asseass, and the colt of a wild asseass. Euery word hath its weight to set forth the miserable estate of a naturall …
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    … a colt, and the colt of an asseass, and the colt of a wild asseass. Euery word hath its weight to set forth the miserable estate of a naturall …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Pageant of Popes A02895

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    … dignities to the plough, to great labours and trauayle, frō an horse to an asseass weeting and knowing it, is it not a great marueile? Is it not wonderfull …
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    … dignities to the plough, to great labours and trauayle, frō an horse to an asseass weeting and knowing it, is it not a great marueile? Is it not wonderfull …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

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    … of an whole daye. Afterwarde he commaunded that he should be set vppon an asseass with his face to the tayle, and his handes tied vnder the AsseAss tayle …
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    … of an whole daye. Afterwarde he commaunded that he should be set vppon an asseass with his face to the tayle, and his handes tied vnder the AsseAss tayle …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Psalm 51 A03343

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    … the Lord upbraideth Israel with this, Esa. 1.3. The Oxe knoweth his owner, and the asseass his masters crib, but Israel doth not know. Not to know him, to have …
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    … the Lord upbraideth Israel with this, Esa. 1.3. The Oxe knoweth his owner, and the asseass his masters crib, but Israel doth not know. Not to know him, to have …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 492 · Open in the reader

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    … as thou. For, so is the expresse commandement, Deuteronomie 5.14. Neither thy oxe, nor thy asseass, nor any of thy cattell, shall doe any worke upon that Day. Of thee …
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    … as thou. For, so is the expresse commandement, Deuteronomie 5.14. Neither thy oxe, nor thy asseass, nor any of thy cattell, shall doe any worke upon that Day. Of thee …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 701 · Open in the reader

The Souls Preparation for Christ A03611

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    … what the Lord saith by Moses, If a man see his neighbours oxe or asseass fall into distresse by the way the Lord commanded to ease him and succour …
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    … what the Lord saith by Moses, If a man see his neighbours oxe or asseass fall into distresse by the way the Lord commanded to ease him and succour …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 184 · Open in the reader

Of the Rich Man and Lazarus A03696

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    … Tap houſes and Tauernes (as men vſe them now) to the lawe of the aſſeass in Sampſons hand, which laid the Philiſtimes heapes vpon heapes, Iudg. 15.16. For the world …
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    … Tap houſes and Tauernes (as men vſe them now) to the lawe of the aſſeass in Sampſons hand, which laid the Philiſtimes heapes vpon heapes, Iudg. 15.16. For the world …

    Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 9 · Open in the reader

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    … hard hearts of men: and God opened their mouthes, as he did of Baelaams aſſeass, Num. 22.28.19, to reproue their m…iſter. Or, God taught theſe dogges kindnes, to teach …
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    … hard hearts of men: and God opened their mouthes, as he did of Baelaams aſſeass, Num. 22.28.19, to reproue their m…iſter. Or, God taught theſe dogges kindnes, to teach …

    Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 44 · Open in the reader

The Brutish Thunderbolt A03718

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    … the conſecrated host was the bodie of the Lord: and he ſaid that his aſſeass would eate the hosts: which when S. Anthonie heard, he ſaid maſſe, and brought …
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    … the conſecrated host was the bodie of the Lord: and he ſaid that his aſſeass would eate the hosts: which when S. Anthonie heard, he ſaid maſſe, and brought …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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    … and brought a conſecrated host to the aſſeass, and ſhewed it hir. Forthwith the aſſeass kneeled downe, and bowing downe hir head did worſhip it. Which when Bonelus ſaw …
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    … and brought a conſecrated host to the aſſeass, and ſhewed it hir. Forthwith the aſſeass kneeled downe, and bowing downe hir head did worſhip it. Which when Bonelus ſaw …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Hymns or Sacred Songs A03826

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    Quha learned Balaams brutall asseass,
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    Quha learned Balaams brutall asseass,

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

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    … neyther benne nor neaſt to couche hys heade. Nor roade he on moile, but aſſeass, accompanyed with no gards, but enfants and ſucklinges cryenge Hoſanna: and the lame, blynde …
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    … neyther benne nor neaſt to couche hys heade. Nor roade he on moile, but aſſeass, accompanyed with no gards, but enfants and ſucklinges cryenge Hoſanna: and the lame, blynde …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

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    … Lorde. Vtrum cuiusquā bona. &c. Whether I haue taken any mans oxe, ani mans asseass, or wether I haue done anye man wronge, or hurte anye man, or taken …
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    … Lorde. Vtrum cuiusquā bona. &c. Whether I haue taken any mans oxe, ani mans asseass, or wether I haue done anye man wronge, or hurte anye man, or taken …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

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    … standeth in the bodily sight, than the brute … were blessed which saw him: the asseass whervpon he rode was blessed, yea his very ennemie Annas and Cayphas, and Pylate …
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    … standeth in the bodily sight, than the brute … were blessed which saw him: the asseass whervpon he rode was blessed, yea his very ennemie Annas and Cayphas, and Pylate …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

Appeal to the Parliament A05285

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    But this is just to sett the asseass upon Christ, and not Christ upon the asseass.
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    But this is just to sett the asseass upon Christ, and not Christ upon the asseass.

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 158 · Open in the reader

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    … this is just to sett the asseass upon Christ, and not Christ upon the asseass.
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    … this is just to sett the asseass upon Christ, and not Christ upon the asseass.

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 158 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross A05394

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    … hedge and pales of gods vencyarde, and speake playnely be inge but a very asseass in comparyson of your wysdome, connynge, & experience, yet I besech you dere brethren be …
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    … hedge and pales of gods vencyarde, and speake playnely be inge but a very asseass in comparyson of your wysdome, connynge, & experience, yet I besech you dere brethren be …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

Antichrist the Pope of Rome A06098

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    … Iew, and reeſtabliſh Circumciſion, the …abbath, and other Iewiſh ceremonies: how came it to …aſſeass, that S. Auguſtine expounded this paſſage of the A…ocalyps after this manner: The …
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    … Iew, and reeſtabliſh Circumciſion, the …abbath, and other Iewiſh ceremonies: how came it to …aſſeass, that S. Auguſtine expounded this paſſage of the A…ocalyps after this manner: The …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 70 · Open in the reader

A Retractive from the Romish Religion A06106

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    … nature of that generation: for Furfanto, a thiefe: Ribaldo, a filthy Ribald: Aſino, an aſſeass: Traditore, a Traitour, & Eretico, an Heretike: All together make the true and perfect definition …
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    … nature of that generation: for Furfanto, a thiefe: Ribaldo, a filthy Ribald: Aſino, an aſſeass: Traditore, a Traitour, & Eretico, an Heretike: All together make the true and perfect definition …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 377 · Open in the reader

The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith A06491

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    … foull, tel and reken vpō hys fyngers (howe be it, that the groſſe Popyſſhe aſſeass, with hys dā nable confederates, kan vnderſtande nothyng) That the laudable olde, Emperours, Prynces …
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    … foull, tel and reken vpō hys fyngers (howe be it, that the groſſe Popyſſhe aſſeass, with hys dā nable confederates, kan vnderſtande nothyng) That the laudable olde, Emperours, Prynces …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A06492

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    … which is borne of fleſh and bloode. Wpon this old man, as vpon an aſſeass, there muſt be laied a burthen that may preſſe him downe: and he muſt …
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    … which is borne of fleſh and bloode. Wpon this old man, as vpon an aſſeass, there muſt be laied a burthen that may preſſe him downe: and he muſt …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent A06500

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    … not followe the iudgement of the worlde, which like vnto the mule and the asseass followeth the fence of the fleshe and is ouercome with these troubles and tentations …
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    … not followe the iudgement of the worlde, which like vnto the mule and the asseass followeth the fence of the fleshe and is ouercome with these troubles and tentations …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 183 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Christ and Antichrist A06652

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    45 Christ lay in a stable with fewe cloates, betwixt an oxe and an asseass. For there was no place in the Innes for his parentes, bicause they were …
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    45 Christ lay in a stable with fewe cloates, betwixt an oxe and an asseass. For there was no place in the Innes for his parentes, bicause they were …

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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    … the daughter of Sion: Behold, thy kyng commeth vnto thee meke, sitting vpon an asseass, & a colte, the foale of an asseass vsed to the yoke. The Disciples went …
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    … the daughter of Sion: Behold, thy kyng commeth vnto thee meke, sitting vpon an asseass, & a colte, the foale of an asseass vsed to the yoke. The Disciples went …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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    … hym, and take hym for theyr kyng, and are not offēded with the borowed asseass. They that do this, haue geuen vnto them, remission of synne, and remedye agaynst …
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    … hym, and take hym for theyr kyng, and are not offēded with the borowed asseass. They that do this, haue geuen vnto them, remission of synne, and remedye agaynst …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

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    … For out of these woordes of Iacob, doeth the foresaid Rabbi conclude, That the asseass doeth here signifie Messias, into whose bodie and bloud the wine shal be changed …
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    … For out of these woordes of Iacob, doeth the foresaid Rabbi conclude, That the asseass doeth here signifie Messias, into whose bodie and bloud the wine shal be changed …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

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    … that maister Gentianus after the French, is vn genti asne, that is, a proper asseass: and Blindasinus, a blinde asseass. Which thing nowe can not bee so, considering that …
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    … that maister Gentianus after the French, is vn genti asne, that is, a proper asseass: and Blindasinus, a blinde asseass. Which thing nowe can not bee so, considering that …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

Read John Bridges A07038

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    … should you therefore take him vp for it / as though he were the veriest asseass in a countrie. Learned men may easily commit such ouersights / especially quoting authors vpon …
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    … should you therefore take him vp for it / as though he were the veriest asseass in a countrie. Learned men may easily commit such ouersights / especially quoting authors vpon …

    Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

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    … of Infants, incestuous pollutions, eating raw flesh, libidinous commixture, worshipping the head of an asseass which wa… raised by the Iewes, also for worshipping of the Sunne in rising …
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    … of Infants, incestuous pollutions, eating raw flesh, libidinous commixture, worshipping the head of an asseass which wa… raised by the Iewes, also for worshipping of the Sunne in rising …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford A08356

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    … well, or diggeth a pit, and covereth it not, and an oxe or an aſſeass fall therein, the owner of the pit ſhal make it good, ſaith God by …
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    … well, or diggeth a pit, and covereth it not, and an oxe or an aſſeass fall therein, the owner of the pit ſhal make it good, ſaith God by …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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    … except they bee vnwitched againe. If any of you hath his horſe, or his aſſeass ſtollē, or looſeth ware in the night time out of his ſhop, you will …
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    … except they bee vnwitched againe. If any of you hath his horſe, or his aſſeass ſtollē, or looſeth ware in the night time out of his ſhop, you will …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 122 · Open in the reader