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Ar’t asleepe husband? A boulster lecture; stored with all variety of witty jeasts, merry tales, and other pleasant passages choose

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[UK] R. Brathwait Ar’t Asleepe Husband? 291: [They have] unhappily got a blow on the shins with a French faggot, or fed too freely on a Neapolitan Rabbit.
at blow with a French faggot-stick, n.
[UK] R. Brathwait Boulster Lectures 81: You may suspect mee that I relate these purposely to sell you a bargaine [F&H].
at sell a bargain (v.) under sell, v.
[UK] R. Brathwait Ar’t Asleepe Husband? 62: [They] will never deale unlesse they shell Some hope of gaine, or like the Trader well.
at trader, n.
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