Chapter I · Chapter 1

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

to or in a foreign country

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the action of accomplishing something

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

surrounded by; in the company of

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

in addition to; as well as

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

plural of “complaint” — an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading M.DCCC.LX.

devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

plural of “delight” — a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the act of departing

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

one or the other of two

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a feeling of favorable regard

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

encouraging or approving or pleasing

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

set up or found

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

brought together in one place

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

death of a person

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

an old form of “has”

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

any place of pain and turmoil

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

past form of “imprint” — establish or impress firmly in the mind

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

in like or similar manner

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and six

From this reading M.DCCC.LX.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading M.DCCC.LX.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

plural of “meditation” — continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

in other respects or ways

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

above and across; more than

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

plural of “pamphlet” — a small book usually having a paper cover

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

plural of “parcel” — a wrapped container

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

yielding material gain or profit

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

a reason for wanting something done

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

the context and environment in which something is set

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a person who sins (without repenting)

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt

From this reading VOLUME V.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

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From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading VOLUME V.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

at the time that

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Of the which I have by good meanes gathered togeather these fewe parcels present, which I have caused to bee imprinted altogeather, for that they al seeme to containe like matter of argument in them, being all complaints and meditations of the worlds vanitie, verie grave and profitable.

inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading To which effect I understand that he besides wrote sundrie others, namelie: _Ecclesiastes_ and _Canticum Canticorum_ translated, _A Senights Slumber, The Hell of Lovers, his Purgatorie_, being all dedicated to ladies, so as it may seeme he ment them all to one volume: besides some other pamphlets looselie scattered abroad; as _The Dying Pellican, The Howers of the Lord, The Sacrifice of a Sinner, The Seven Psalmes_, &c., which, when I can either by himselfe or otherwise attaine too, I meane likewise for your favour sake to set foorth.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Since my late setting foorth of the Faerie Queene, finding that it hath found a favourable passage amongst you, I have sithence endevoured by all good meanes, (for the better encrease and accomplishment of your delights,) to get into my handes such smale poemes of the same Authors as I heard were disperst abroad in sundrie hands, and not easie to bee come by by himselfe; some of them having bene diverslie imbeziled and purloyned from him, since his departure over sea.