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1548 E. Gest sig. Dviii Thee wordes also of thee masse canon, yt importe ye same, ought so in simple to be taken without any far fetched glosse.
a1634 W. Austin (1635) 103 Hee delights to have Man in simple; (alone, by himselfe) unmixt.