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Overseeing these departments was a complete staff of senior officers including a chamberlain, vice chamberlain, steward, and a controller, all supported by "yomen and gromes of the hall" as well as "sundry boyes, pages and seruants."

From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558 2008

The game played to retain the bequest must be part of the local Ankh-Morpork “poore boyes funne,” so it has to be played against a local town team.

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett Review 2009

In 1628 Morton's crew raised a towering Maypole and sang jolly songs written by Morton ( "some tending to lasciviousnes") with lyrics such as "Drinke and be merry, merry, merry boyes."

A Taste of Holiday Honey 2007

But for such discourse as we heard last night, it infects others; the very boyes will learn to talk and swear as they heard mine Host, and another of the company that shall be nameless; well, you know what example is able to do, and I know what the Poet sayes in the like case: — — Many a one

The Compleat Angler 2007

Denmarke fiftene poore boyes: where afterward it was reported vnto me, that, by his good meanes euery one of them being bound to a seuerall trade, proued good and thriftie men.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

In the Centurion there were in all, of men and boyes, fourtie and eight, who together fought most valiantly, and so galled the enemie, that many a braue and lustie Spaniard lost his life in that place.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Therefore I haue agreed with these two boyes to serue the worshipfull companie foure yeeres a piece.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Dutch boyes: the rest of the Spaniards and Sailers, with the

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

The chiefe bootie the Tartars seeke for in all their warres is to get store of captiues; specially young boyes, and girles, whome they sell to the Turkes, or other their neighbours.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

The boyes in the streetes crie out and make a noyse in the meanetime, with very dishonest wordes.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003