1659 J. Gauden Tears, Sighs, etc. of the Church of England Bk IV 595: Yea some are such Cossets and Tantanies, that they congratulate their Oppressors, and flatter their Destroyers.at anthony, n.
1659 J. Gauden Tears, Sighs, etc. of the Church of England Bk II 238: Presently he is scared with the menaces of some proling Sequestrator, or some surly Aproniere.at aproneer (n.) under apron, n.
1659 J. Gauden Tears, Sighs, etc. of the Church of England Bk II 228: Ministers’ scufflings and contests with one another, is beyond any Cock fighting or Bear-baiting to the vulgar envy, malice, profaneness, and petulancy.at that beats cockfighting under beat, v.
1659 J. Gauden Tears, Sighs, etc. of the Church of England Bk IV 682: He might have swallowed those holy (but now desecrated) morsells in secret, and not have proclaimed on the house-top to all the world, the rost-meat he hath gotten.at cry roast meat (v.) under cry, v.
1659 J. Gauden Tears, Sighs, etc. of the Church of England Bk IV 426: What Christian is there of so popular, plebian, triviall, and mechanick a spirit, as not to desire to see proper and meet judges.at mechanic, adj.