Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...

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Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...
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[Westminster :: Printed by William Caxton,
1481 (after 8 March; ca. Oct.)]
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Vincent, -- of Beauvais, d. 1264, -- attributed name.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Early works to 1600.
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"Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68843.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2025.

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¶Hier speketh of Rethoryque capitulo ixo

THe therde of the vij sciences is callyd Rethoryque whyche conteyneth in substaunce / rightwisnes. Rayson and ordynaunce of wordes / And ought not to

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be holden for folye / ffor the dedytes and lawes by which the iugements be made and that by rayson & after right

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ben kept and mayntened in ye court of kyn∣ges of princes and of barons come & procede of Rethoryque / Of this scien∣ce were extrayt and drawen the lawes and de∣crees whiche by nede serue in alle causes / and in alle righ∣tes & droytes / who wel knewe the scyence of Rethoryque / he shold knowe the right & the wronge / ffor to doo wronge to another who so doth it / is loste & dampned / & for to doo right & reson to euery man / he is saued & geteth the loue of god his cre∣atour /

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