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Tell me the meenes, and I wylle boute ytte strayte;
The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton
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I think myself obliged to let you know, et enfin ne n'en laisser au boute de ma plume.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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A {} boute þar {} mid he leide {;} moche deal of londe.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Bright and early on the morning after my arrival, Friend B. was at my door; and after a savory, if hasty breakfast, we sounded _boute-selle_.
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For ich ham for þe i {} veiþed {;} þat ich wene beo dead. þare ware ich euere vare {;} nam ich neuere boute care.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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But this and everything else, trifling or not, I think myself obliged to let you know, et enfin ne n'en laisser au boute de ma plume.
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And from the daunger of our enemie, the diuell, whiche goeth a-boute sekyng his praie, 1008
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Smale towell {e} a-boute his necke shall {e} bene,
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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And before a fortnight was over Barty had become the most popular young man in the town, the gayest of the gay, the young guardsman once more, throwing dull care to the winds; and in spite of his impecuniosity (of which he made no secret whatever) the _boute-en-train_ of the company.
The Martian George Du Maurier 1865
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Your boute-feu (bonfire) must be excellent of its kind.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805
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