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faine
noun 1adj 1adv 1verb 1
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3ADJ.
dry, glad
VERB + FAINE
vvould
FAINE + NOUN
betroth'd, countrie-aire, flight, knovv, leaue, patche, uppe, vvhat
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noun
1
Obsolete spelling of fane.
adj
1
Obsolete spelling of fain.
Penker in his ſermõ [sermon] ſo loſt his voice that he was faine to leaue of [off] & come downe in the middes.
[T]hey vvere faine to patche uppe the Matter vvith a little piece of Paper clappid over the foreſaid VVordes, […]
adv
1
Obsolete spelling of fain.
I vvould faine knovv vvhat you haue to ſay.
Yet dearely I love you, and vvould be lov'd faine, / But am betroth'd unto your enemie, […]
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Penker in his ſermõ [sermon] ſo loſt his voice that he was faine to leaue of [off] & come downe in the middes.
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[T]hey vvere faine to patche uppe the Matter vvith a little piece of Paper clappid over the foreſaid VVordes, […]
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VVhat is the truſt or ſtrength of fooliſh man? / They that of late vvere daring vvith their ſcoffes, / Are glad and faine by flight to ſaue themſelues.
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I vvould faine knovv vvhat you haue to ſay.
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Yet dearely I love you, and vvould be lov'd faine, / But am betroth'd unto your enemie, […]
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Now vvould I giue a thouſand furlongs of Sea, for an Acre of barren ground: Long heath, Brovvne firrs, any thing; the vvills aboue be done, but I vvould faine dye a dry death.
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