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Show English Greetings, f Erasmus, coming to England In Hen- U ry VIH.'b time, waa struck with the 1 doop heartiness ot our withes good, 1 ay, and bad, too; but he most admired K the good ones, Other nations ask In B their greetlnga how a man carries f himself, or how doth he aland with f tho world, or how doth he find himself, him-self, but the English greet with plout wleh that Ood may give on a good morning or a good evening, good & day or "god'd'en." as the old writers K hnvo It; and when we part we wish " that "God may bo with you," though " wo now clip It Into "good by." Frla- affljr |