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sheriffesheriff

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 651 times in 154 works
Consistency: 91.8% (651 of 709)
Reach if approved: ~745 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sheriff
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 709 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (651 changes in 154 works, 91.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 651)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bee of this Iurie, men very well knowne to your Lordſhip, and to Maſter SheriffeSheriff, and the Worſhipfull Gentlemen. Theſe are men of worth, (my Lord) of farre more …
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… bee of this Iurie, men very well knowne to your Lordſhip, and to Maſter SheriffeSheriff, and the Worſhipfull Gentlemen. Theſe are men of worth, (my Lord) of farre more …
Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may make a Major & Sherifes, & yet the corporation is not a Major or a SheriffeSheriff: So the Church may make Miniſters, & yet the Church it ſelf is not properly …
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… may make a Major & Sherifes, & yet the corporation is not a Major or a SheriffeSheriff: So the Church may make Miniſters, & yet the Church it ſelf is not properly …
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… SheriffeSheriff: You haue ſayd well of her before. And he beynge afrayed that. M. SheriffeSheriff had bene or ſhulde be agreued with any thing that he ſhulde ſaye / ſayd …
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… SheriffeSheriff: You haue ſayd well of her before. And he beynge afrayed that. M. SheriffeSheriff had bene or ſhulde be agreued with any thing that he ſhulde ſaye / ſayd …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
The SheriffeSheriff bids they be caught: the crowd forbid:
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The SheriffeSheriff bids they be caught: the crowd forbid:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to behold, and so he continued till he died: Master Leyson also, who was SheriffeSheriff at Master Farrars burning, having fetched away his cattel, and put them into his …
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… to behold, and so he continued till he died: Master Leyson also, who was SheriffeSheriff at Master Farrars burning, having fetched away his cattel, and put them into his …
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bampfield, qui hanc Ecclesiae Maximam Campanam fieri fecerunt, 1310. As for Sr. Coplestone Bampfield (now SheriffeSheriff of this County) and so cordial to the Kings Cause in the worst of …
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… Bampfield, qui hanc Ecclesiae Maximam Campanam fieri fecerunt, 1310. As for Sr. Coplestone Bampfield (now SheriffeSheriff of this County) and so cordial to the Kings Cause in the worst of …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
… seised on the Judges at Salisbury, took away their Commission, and carryed the High SheriffeSheriff prisoner with them to Blanford. By the way (Sir) I do not write this …
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… seised on the Judges at Salisbury, took away their Commission, and carryed the High SheriffeSheriff prisoner with them to Blanford. By the way (Sir) I do not write this …
John Ley · Letter to Dr Hyde · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poſſeſſion by force whether they will or no: So loving kindneſſe is Gods high SheriffeSheriff; now when a company of baſe fellowes, as carnall reaſonings, and the like, would …
With rule
… poſſeſſion by force whether they will or no: So loving kindneſſe is Gods high SheriffeSheriff; now when a company of baſe fellowes, as carnall reaſonings, and the like, would …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (58)

51 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 are listed here. 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
… of God, &c. Doct. Hedd pronoūced likewiſe ſentence againſt him, & deliuered him to the ſheriffesheriff of London, to be preſently burned: with this proteſtatiō made before, that he might …
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… of God, &c. Doct. Hedd pronoūced likewiſe ſentence againſt him, & deliuered him to the ſheriffesheriff of London, to be preſently burned: with this proteſtatiō made before, that he might …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 411 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gratious pardon. And ſo had Benet a diſcharge withall: and being certified of the ſheriffesheriff and Sir Humfrey Foſter, of the death of the poore men at Windſor, the …
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… gratious pardon. And ſo had Benet a diſcharge withall: and being certified of the ſheriffesheriff and Sir Humfrey Foſter, of the death of the poore men at Windſor, the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… friſke or twaine, as men commonly doe in daunſing. Why M. Doctor, quoth the ſheriffesheriff, how do you now? He anſwered, well God be praiſed, good M. ſheriffesheriff, neuer …
With rule
… friſke or twaine, as men commonly doe in daunſing. Why M. Doctor, quoth the ſheriffesheriff, how do you now? He anſwered, well God be praiſed, good M. ſheriffesheriff, neuer …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lying ſicke of a long diſeaſe: which was by him incontinent brought before the ſheriffesheriff, by whom he was committed to the gaole forthwith. Not being called to his …
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… lying ſicke of a long diſeaſe: which was by him incontinent brought before the ſheriffesheriff, by whom he was committed to the gaole forthwith. Not being called to his …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bynſley, Bachelor of law, & Chancelor to y^e B. of Peterborow, and deliuered to the ſheriffesheriff, Sir Tho. Treſham: whoſe officers burned him without the Northgate in the ſtone pits …
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… Bynſley, Bachelor of law, & Chancelor to y^e B. of Peterborow, and deliuered to the ſheriffesheriff, Sir Tho. Treſham: whoſe officers burned him without the Northgate in the ſtone pits …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 243 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

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… for you / thē I truſt within this halfe hour / to praie for you. M. ſheriffesheriff / and for euery Chriſtē man liuing in the faith of Chriſt / and dyenge in …
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… for you / thē I truſt within this halfe hour / to praie for you. M. ſheriffesheriff / and for euery Chriſtē man liuing in the faith of Chriſt / and dyenge in …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader
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… haue you any articles againſt me / for the which I am condemned? And the ſheriffesheriff anſwered / no. Then ſaid he / Is there here any man els that knoweth wherfore …
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… haue you any articles againſt me / for the which I am condemned? And the ſheriffesheriff anſwered / no. Then ſaid he / Is there here any man els that knoweth wherfore …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

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… the Rebels of Essex; and by the way meeting with Sir Iames Cromer High-sheriffesheriff of Kent, who had lately maried the Lord Sayes daughter, he caused his head …
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… the Rebels of Essex; and by the way meeting with Sir Iames Cromer High-sheriffesheriff of Kent, who had lately maried the Lord Sayes daughter, he caused his head …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 78 · Open in the reader

A General Martyrology A33309

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Another was an ancient man, that had been sheriffesheriff of the City; him they were not content to kill out-right, but first …
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Another was an ancient man, that had been sheriffesheriff of the City; him they were not content to kill out-right, but first …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 347 · Open in the reader

The First Fruits of Davids Government Vowed to God A39921

Printed
… holden for the County of Berks at Reading, Feb. 28. 1653. Mr. William Backbouſe of Swallowfield, SHERIFFESHERIFF.
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… holden for the County of Berks at Reading, Feb. 28. 1653. Mr. William Backbouſe of Swallowfield, SHERIFFESHERIFF.
Simon Ford · The First Fruits of Davids Government Vowed to God · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… six Lions Rampant Argent, a Canton Ermin. Of this house was Henry Chency High sheriffesheriff of this County and Bedford shire in the 7. of Q. Elizabeth, and not long …
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… six Lions Rampant Argent, a Canton Ermin. Of this house was Henry Chency High sheriffesheriff of this County and Bedford shire in the 7. of Q. Elizabeth, and not long …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Clark of the Mayors Court in Chester. It appeareth also he was Under▪ sheriffesheriff to Sir Richard Lee High-sheriffesheriff of this County, in the thirteenth year of …
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… a Clark of the Mayors Court in Chester. It appeareth also he was Under▪ sheriffesheriff to Sir Richard Lee High-sheriffesheriff of this County, in the thirteenth year of …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Chester. It appeareth also he was Under▪ sheriffesheriff to Sir Richard Lee High-sheriffesheriff of this County, in the thirteenth year of King James. He compiled a description …
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… in Chester. It appeareth also he was Under▪ sheriffesheriff to Sir Richard Lee High-sheriffesheriff of this County, in the thirteenth year of King James. He compiled a description …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
MICHEL born at........... in this County, was Under-sheriffesheriff to Sir Anthony Hungarford, (a worthy Knight) Anno 1558. in the last year of Queen …
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MICHEL born at........... in this County, was Under-sheriffesheriff to Sir Anthony Hungarford, (a worthy Knight) Anno 1558. in the last year of Queen …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Peace and Quorum, because preposed to John Seimour a signall Esquire, late High-sheriffesheriff of the Shire. Yet was he none of the two Chief-Justices of Westminster …
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… the Peace and Quorum, because preposed to John Seimour a signall Esquire, late High-sheriffesheriff of the Shire. Yet was he none of the two Chief-Justices of Westminster …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 159 · Open in the reader

Summary of Common Law of England A41315

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… Nonsuit in an action; Fault in the original Writ he brings; Or (by the sheriffesheriff) in the return thereof; Making default, when he should appear; And whatsoever other offences …
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… Nonsuit in an action; Fault in the original Writ he brings; Or (by the sheriffesheriff) in the return thereof; Making default, when he should appear; And whatsoever other offences …
Henry Finch · Summary of Common Law of England · Open in the reader

Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 A46699

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… and in earth? how poore and meane is the retinue of the most magnificent sheriffesheriff, in comparison of those millions of Angels, that shall waite on Christ? how inglorious …
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… and in earth? how poore and meane is the retinue of the most magnificent sheriffesheriff, in comparison of those millions of Angels, that shall waite on Christ? how inglorious …
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 · p. 191 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

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… Degree soever they shall be; and all and every Temporall judge, justicia…, Major, bayliffe, sheriffesheriff, under-sheriffesheriff, Escheater, Alderman, Iurat, Constable, Head-borough, third-borough, borsholder, & every other said …
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… Degree soever they shall be; and all and every Temporall judge, justicia…, Major, bayliffe, sheriffesheriff, under-sheriffesheriff, Escheater, Alderman, Iurat, Constable, Head-borough, third-borough, borsholder, & every other said …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 104 · Open in the reader
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… they shall be; and all and every Temporall judge, justicia…, Major, bayliffe, sheriffesheriff, under-sheriffesheriff, Escheater, Alderman, Iurat, Constable, Head-borough, third-borough, borsholder, & every other said officer & Minister …
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… they shall be; and all and every Temporall judge, justicia…, Major, bayliffe, sheriffesheriff, under-sheriffesheriff, Escheater, Alderman, Iurat, Constable, Head-borough, third-borough, borsholder, & every other said officer & Minister …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… SheriffeSheriff I would you should vnderstand how I do procede against this man. M. sheriffesheriff, you shal heare what Articles this man doth maintaine: and so red a rablement …
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… SheriffeSheriff I would you should vnderstand how I do procede against this man. M. sheriffesheriff, you shal heare what Articles this man doth maintaine: and so red a rablement …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1813 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall sweare for your selues, and I doe heere in the presence of maister sheriffesheriff obiect the same Articles vnto you, as I haue done vnto him, and do …
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… shall sweare for your selues, and I doe heere in the presence of maister sheriffesheriff obiect the same Articles vnto you, as I haue done vnto him, and do …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1813 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ben an honest man when you were at Lause, and I offered Hussey the sheriffesheriff to be bound for you, that you shuld go home to your wife, and …
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… ben an honest man when you were at Lause, and I offered Hussey the sheriffesheriff to be bound for you, that you shuld go home to your wife, and …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1986 · Open in the reader
Printed
… immediatly rode foorth, & brought home w^t him one Edward Goulding, which was then vnder sheriffesheriff, Syr Thomas Cornewalis being then high sheriffesheriff.
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… immediatly rode foorth, & brought home w^t him one Edward Goulding, which was then vnder sheriffesheriff, Syr Thomas Cornewalis being then high sheriffesheriff.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2065 · Open in the reader
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Then the sayd sheriffesheriff sent him to Ipswich againe, and there he was for a time. Then hee …
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Then the sayd sheriffesheriff sent him to Ipswich againe, and there he was for a time. Then hee …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2065 · Open in the reader

Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland A68707

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… James Hamiltoun of Broom-hill, Robert Hamiltoun of Torrence, and Alexander Hamiltoun of Hags sheriffesheriff. For the sheriffedome of Striveling, John Earle of Mar, William Earle of Airth, John …
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… James Hamiltoun of Broom-hill, Robert Hamiltoun of Torrence, and Alexander Hamiltoun of Hags sheriffesheriff. For the sheriffedome of Striveling, John Earle of Mar, William Earle of Airth, John …
Walter Balcanquhall · Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland · p. 148 · Open in the reader
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… Earle of Mar, S. Robert Bruce of Clackmannan, S. Thomas Hope younger of Cars sheriffesheriff. For the sheriffedome of Wigtoun, John Earle of Cassils, Alexander Earle of Galloway, Sir …
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… Earle of Mar, S. Robert Bruce of Clackmannan, S. Thomas Hope younger of Cars sheriffesheriff. For the sheriffedome of Wigtoun, John Earle of Cassils, Alexander Earle of Galloway, Sir …
Walter Balcanquhall · Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland · p. 148 · Open in the reader
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… the Earle of Murray, the Laird of Innes, Brodie of that ilk, and Dumbar, sheriffesheriff of Murrey. For the sheriffedome of Innernesse, the Marquesse of Huntly, the Earle of …
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… the Earle of Murray, the Laird of Innes, Brodie of that ilk, and Dumbar, sheriffesheriff of Murrey. For the sheriffedome of Innernesse, the Marquesse of Huntly, the Earle of …
Walter Balcanquhall · Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland · p. 148 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

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… againſt an Executor, which pleads nothing in his hands, and found Aſſets, and the ſheriffesheriff returns upon a Fieri facias, I have commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, &c …
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… againſt an Executor, which pleads nothing in his hands, and found Aſſets, and the ſheriffesheriff returns upon a Fieri facias, I have commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, &c …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 569 · Open in the reader
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VVhere the ſheriffesheriff returns I have commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, which hath given me no …
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VVhere the ſheriffesheriff returns I have commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, which hath given me no …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 569 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſheriffesheriff returns, I have commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, and it is not to …
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The ſheriffesheriff returns, I have commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, and it is not to …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 570 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, which hath given me no anſwer, and the ſheriffesheriff was amerced, for he ought to enter, and go to the place waſted, for …
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… commanded the Bailiffe of the Liberty, which hath given me no anſwer, and the ſheriffesheriff was amerced, for he ought to enter, and go to the place waſted, for …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 570 · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſheriffesheriff returns upon the Exigent, that the Defendant is dead, and cannot, by Priſot, and …
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The ſheriffesheriff returns upon the Exigent, that the Defendant is dead, and cannot, by Priſot, and …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 570 · Open in the reader

Minors No Senators A91218

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… ſuch as the Laws and Statutes of the Realme approve. They cannot elect a ſheriffesheriff a Miniſter, a man beyond the Seas, a Iudge or attendant in the Lords …
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… ſuch as the Laws and Statutes of the Realme approve. They cannot elect a ſheriffesheriff a Miniſter, a man beyond the Seas, a Iudge or attendant in the Lords …
William Prynne · Minors No Senators · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves A95888

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… i… the afternoone, on which day in the morning Colonell Sir Peregrin Bartie (high ſheriffesheriff of this County, the Earle of Lindſeyes brother, and ſometime Governour of this City …
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… i… the afternoone, on which day in the morning Colonell Sir Peregrin Bartie (high ſheriffesheriff of this County, the Earle of Lindſeyes brother, and ſometime Governour of this City …
John Vicars · Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves · p. 217 · Open in the reader