temperaunce

plural temperaunces

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of temperance.

   [L]ette theym take the counſayle of an honeſt and perfyte phiſytion, and no aduenture to myxte thynges togyther, without knowynge the temperaunce of them in degrees, […]

   153[9], Thomas Elyot, “The Particular Commodities of Euery Purgacion”, in The Castel of Helth […], London: […] Thomæ Bertheleti […], →OCLC, book III, folio 60, verso

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   And as he [Paul the Apostle] preached of Juſtice⸝ temperaunce⸝ and Judgement to come⸝ Felix trembled⸝ and anſwered: thou haſt done ynough att this tyme⸝ I will ſẽde for the [send for thee].

   1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles xxiiij:[55], folio cxcij, recto

   [H]e [Marcus Aurelius] addyng to abundaunce of lernyng became therby a wonderfull and perfecte prince: beynge neyther by ſtudy withdrawen from affaires of the publike weale: nor by any buſynes⸝ vtterly pluckyd frome Philoſophy⸝ and other noble doctrynes⸝ by the whiche mutuall coniunction and iuſt temperaunce of thoſe two ſtudyes⸝ be attayned to ſuche a fourme in all his gouernaunce⸝ that he was named and taken for father of the Senate: of the people: and vniuerſally of all the hole empyre.

   1531, Thomas Elyot, “What is the True Signification of Vnderstandynge”, in The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio 242, verso

   But the frute of the ſprete [spirit], is loue, ioye, peace, longe ſufferinge, gẽtlenes [gentleness], goodneſſe, faithfulnes, mekeneſſe, tẽperaunce [temperaunce], Agaynſt ſoch is not yͤ lawe: […]

   1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Galathians v:[22–23], folio lxxxiij, verso, column 1