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The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise
The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take great pleasure in the reading thereof. Translated out of French into English, by John Brooke of AsheThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take greate pleasure in the reading thereoff. Translated out of French into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe
London: printed by Thomas East, 1579
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There are a people whose teeth are swords, and with their chaff bones they consume & devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men. The Horseleech hath two daughters, the 1one is called fetch hither, and the other bring hither.
There are a people whose téeth are swoordes, and wyth their chaffe bones they consume & deuoure the simple of the earth, and the poore from amonge men. The Horseléech hath two daughters, the 1one is called fetche hether, and the other bringe hether.
- 1The daughters of the horselech. Horat in art. Poet.
Theophilus. He sayeth not without cause that she 1hath two daughters. For she hath two throats, and draweth the blood from one side to the other. But I am not abashed, but of that that when he numbereth the things that are not satisfied he hath also added those which are the most insatiable of all. He saith, that there be three things that are never satisfied, and the fourth saith never hoe. That is to say, hell, a woman's womb, and the earth hath never water enough, as for fire ⟨image 59⟩it saith never hoe. One may very well add to these for the fifth.
Theophilus. Hée sayeth not wythout cause that shée 1hath two daughters. For shée hath two throates, and draweth the bloude from one side to the other. But I am not abashed, but of that that when hée nombreth the thinges that are not satisfied he hath also added those which are the most insatiable of all. He sayth, that there be thrée things that are neuer satisfied, and the fourth sayth neuer hoe. That is to saye, hell, a womans wombe, and the earth hathe neuer water inoughe, as for fire