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... water borne , With mighty speed . Bade the Angel - maker , ( The Life - dispenser ) light to come forth O'er the wide abyss . Quick was fulfill'd The high King's hest - round him was holy light , Over the waste , as the Maker bade . 2 ...
... water borne , With mighty speed . Bade the Angel - maker , ( The Life - dispenser ) light to come forth O'er the wide abyss . Quick was fulfill'd The high King's hest - round him was holy light , Over the waste , as the Maker bade . 2 ...
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... water . And oo scribe , or a man of lawe , commynge to , saide to hym , Maistre , I shal sue thee whidir euer thou shalt go . And Jhesus said to hym , Foxis han dichis , or borowis , and briddis of the eir han nestis ; but mannes sone ...
... water . And oo scribe , or a man of lawe , commynge to , saide to hym , Maistre , I shal sue thee whidir euer thou shalt go . And Jhesus said to hym , Foxis han dichis , or borowis , and briddis of the eir han nestis ; but mannes sone ...
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... water in to the cuntre of men of Genazereth twey men hauynge deuelis runnen to hym , goynge out fro birielis , ful feerse , or wickid , so that no man migte passe by that wey . And loo ! thei crieden , sayinge , What to vs and to thee ...
... water in to the cuntre of men of Genazereth twey men hauynge deuelis runnen to hym , goynge out fro birielis , ful feerse , or wickid , so that no man migte passe by that wey . And loo ! thei crieden , sayinge , What to vs and to thee ...
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... water that swells ; For with us he so mells7 That within England dwells , I wold he were somewhere else ; For else by and by He will drink us so dry , And suck us so nigh , That men shall scantly Have penny or halfpenny . God save his ...
... water that swells ; For with us he so mells7 That within England dwells , I wold he were somewhere else ; For else by and by He will drink us so dry , And suck us so nigh , That men shall scantly Have penny or halfpenny . God save his ...
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... water . Then the heerdmen fleed , and went there ways into the cite , and tolde every thinge , and what had fortuned vnto them that were possessed of the devyls . And lo , all the cite cam out , and met Jesus . And when they sawe him ...
... water . Then the heerdmen fleed , and went there ways into the cite , and tolde every thinge , and what had fortuned vnto them that were possessed of the devyls . And lo , all the cite cam out , and met Jesus . And when they sawe him ...
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