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[UK] Arrowsmith Reformation II i: Though two to one be odds, I must board them; Heaven send they don’t prove Fire-ships.
at board, v.1
[UK] Arrowsmith Reformation II i: May thou always gape for meat, and it be death for any man to feed you.
at meat, n.
[UK] Arrowsmith Reformation III ii: Once [they] come towards fifteen are so gamesome, there’s no riding them without a curb, nay then ’tis ten to one but that they fling the first Adventurer out of the Saddle too.
at saddle, n.
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