used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
(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 Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
bandes
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
formed or made thin by hammering
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
brauest
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
cleane
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
comparisonnounUS /kəmˈperəsən/
the act of examining resemblances
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
deale
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From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
reach, make, or come to a decision about something
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
dilateverbUS /ˌdaɪˈleɪt/
become wider
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
distresse
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
doo
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From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
dooing
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
feete
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority)
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
globenounUS /ɡloʊb/
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
coins made of gold
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
gownes
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
hapned
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From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
haue
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
heauen
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From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
heauenly
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
hospitalls
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
mayds
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
Mercators
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From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
meritnounUS /ˈmerət/
any admirable quality or attribute
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
modell
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From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
not any; not one
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
noblemens
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
obiects
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From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
onely
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From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
in other respects or ways
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
perfecternoun
a skilled worker who perfects something
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
perfumedadjectiveUS /pərˈfjuːmd/
filled or impregnated with perfume
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
pilgrimes
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
pontificalibus
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From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
poore
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
PopenounUS /poʊp/
the head of the Roman Catholic Church
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
ProtestantsnounUS /ˈprɑːtəstənts/
plural of “protestant” — an adherent of Protestantism
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
pulpets
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
recompence
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
retyring
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
richlyadverbUS /ˈrɪtʃli/
to an ample degree or in an ample manner
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
express in words
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
seruants
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
shirtsnounUS /ʃɜːrts/
plural of “shirt” — a garment worn on the upper half of the body
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
souldiour
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
souldiours
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
soule-exalting
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From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
superstitionnounUS /ˌsuːpərˈstɪʃən/
an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
talke
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From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
a special situation
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
thinke
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
trauell
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From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
vnprofitable
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
vnto
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From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
vs
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From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
washingnounUS /ˈwɑːʃɪŋ/
the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
wayting
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading O _Rome_, if thou hast in thee such soule-exalting obiects: what a thing is heauen in comparison of thee, of which _Mercators_ globe is a perfecter modell than thou art?
whilesnounUS /waɪlz/
plural of “while” — a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the Pope and his pontificalibus I will not deale with, onely I will dilate vnto you what hapned whiles I was in _Rome_.
workes
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From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
woundsnounUS /wuːndz/
plural of “wound” — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading Their hospitalls are more like noblemens houses than otherwise: so richly furnished, cleane kept, and hot perfumed, that a souldiour would thinke it a sufficient recompence for his trauell and his wounds, to haue such a heauenly retyring place.
yeare
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From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet this I must say to the shame of vs Protestants, if good workes may merit heauen, they doo them, we talke of them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Whether superstition or no makes the vnprofitable seruants, that let pulpets decide: but there, you shall haue the brauest Ladies in gownes of beaten gold, washing pilgrimes and poore souldiours feete and dooing nothing they and their wayting mayds all the yeare long, but making shirts and bandes for them against they come by in distresse.