Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published.

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Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published.
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Florio, John, 1553?-1625.
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[London] :: Imprinted at the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson, for Thomas Woodcocke,
[1578]
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Italian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Italian language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English.
Proverbs.
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"Florio his firste fruites which yeelde familiar speech, merie prouerbes, wittie sentences, and golden sayings. Also a perfect induction to the Italian, and English tongues, as in the table appeareth. The like heretofore, neuer by any man published." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00990.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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HEnrico ottauo, Re di In∣ghilterra, fu di sangue generoso, ne le armi esperi∣mentato, di ingegno acuto, per i capelli canuti venera∣bile, di aspetto graue, nel parlare polito, dritto in giu∣stitia, chiaro ne la sua vi∣ta, puro in conscientia, in∣tegro di Nobilita, alto nell' eloquentia, profondo ne la sapientia, elegante nel scri∣uere, dolce nel pronontiare, virtuoso in operare, sauio

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nel conoscere, giusto nel sententiare, diligente nel ca∣stigare, prudente nel disimu∣lare, presto in soccorer i po∣ueri, pronto in aiutar gli aflit∣ti, vigilante in esaltar la pa∣rola de Iddio, constante ne la fede, largo nel dar lemo∣sina, solecito nel riscuoter prigioni, piatoso verso i opres∣sati, magnanimo di cuore, sobrio nel viuere, valoroso ne le guerre, verace nel suo pro∣cedere, conforme al parer de sauij, amico de dotti, grato a ibuoni, temuto de gli insolen∣ti, honorato da molti altri prencipi, amator de la pace, conseruator de le tregue, mantenitore de la sua paro∣la, fedele ne le sue promesse, liberale verso molti, auaro verso pochi, famoso in cle∣mentia, diligente nell' esal∣tar virtu, & punir vitio, uegligente nel'mantener vi∣tio, & abādonar virtu: final∣mente, dottato di tutte quel∣le bone virtu che apartengo∣no a bon prencipe, essente de tutti i costumi di tiranno o crudele: pochi se ne troua∣no suoi pari. Iddio per la sua

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misericordia longo tempo vo∣glia mantener sua figlia. A∣men. Cosi sia.

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