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The Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey choose

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[UK] Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey 27: [He] staide not in the towne somuch as to tast a cuppe of nappie ale.
at nappy (ale), n.
[UK] Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey 12: How much is it? sayes Ratsey. Two hundred poundes (sayes the other). I, marrie, quoth Ratsey, such a lumpe I looke for.
at lump, n.
[UK] Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey 7: London, thinking there to finde men of all facultie, and copes-mates to fit his humour.
at mate, n.
[UK] Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey 27: But the foot-post (or rather picklocke) hearing his mittimus, was blanke and cold at heart, and had not a worde to say.
at mittimus, n.
[UK] Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey 28: [He] resolved there could be no better jest practised uppon a parson then to picke his purse by perswasion, with out drawing of any weapon.
at pick, v.1
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