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We shall see anon Sirra, whether thou or I lyed yesternight.
The Decameron 2004
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Sirra quoth he, ye go now from a scholler to be a courtier, see ye speake to the king your maister, either nothing at all, or else that which pleaseth him, which rule if _Calistenes_ had followed and forborne to crosse the kings appetite in diuerse speeches, it had not cost him so deepely as afterward it did.
The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham
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Sirra, a spot quite close to Likia, in a piece of country we were to know very thoroughly before we were done.
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 David Douglas Ogilvie
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Herevpon was the yoong man brought before the king, vnto whom he said; "Sirra, thy father here complaineth that without his licence thou art become a christian: if this be true, I command thee to returne againe to the religion of thy nation, without anie more adoo".
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (2 of 12) William Rufus Raphael Holinshed
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Sirra, go cause a couple of eggs to be made readie.
Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897
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Who are you, Sirra? you have the mark o'th 'Beast.
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Sirra, you giant, what saies the Doct [or]. to my water?
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_ What voice is that, Sirra, do you sleep as you go, 'tis he,
Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Francis Beaumont 1600
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_ Sirra, we have so lookt for thee, and long'd for thee; this widow is the strangest thing, the stateliest, and stands so much upon her excellencies.
Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Francis Beaumont 1600
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Sirra great sinns are Brede in all that Body wher thers a foule head. away wth him. exeunt
Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590
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