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Morae pretium erit Et lacrymae, Si jacere hic scias Gulielmum Splendidae Herrisiorum familiae Splendorem maximum: Quem cum talem vixisse intellexeris, Et vixisse tantum; Discas licet In quantas spes possit Assurgere mortalitas, De quantis cadere.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

It may also conveniently be compared with the evidence given by the same visitations as to the system of familiae in these houses.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

In the preface of the Syllabica on the art of Prosody dedicated to him by Pompilio, the latter hails him as the hope and ornament of the Hous of Borgia—"Borgiae familiae spes et decus."

From The Life of Cesare Borgia by Sabatini, Rafael

Here, as in the enclosure struggle and the struggle against familiae, they were forced into compromise at best and at worst into acquiescence.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Ita Ioannes, quum antea Buthquhaniae comes fuisset Rossiae comitatum acquisivit, et unicam tantum filiam reliquit, quam Willelmus à Setoun eques auratus in coniugem accepit; unde factum est ut eius familiae principes ius sibi Buthquhaniae vendicent.

From An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) by Rait, Robert S.