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But I pray you what new kynd of makyng vowes is that that whan a mã is ydle he shall put the burden apon an other mannes bakke?
The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502
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"Theruppon the wif of the said Sir Roger Hastynges cam into the said chirche & said unto the said Rauff, 'Woo worthe man this day! the chirche wolbe susspended and thou slayn, withoute thou flee awey and gette the oute of his sighte' wheruppon the said Rauff Jenore flede oute of the said chirche by a bakke doore and cam to Pykeryng, and petyously desired of the said Roger Chalmley that in so muche as he was the Stewardes deputie there and hadde rewle of the Countre, that he myght be in suertie of his liff."
The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923
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Promptorium Parv.] [Footnote 77: Chyne, of bestys bakke.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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