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Yes, _messere_, he may claim that it belongs to him by right; but he obtained it from me by fraud, as neither he nor his sister can deny.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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At Florence every one is called by his proper name or his surname; and the common usage, unless there be some marked distinction of rank or age, is to say _thou_ and not _you_; only to knights, doctors, and prebendaries is the title of _messere_ allowed; to doctors that of _maestro_, to monks _don_, and to friars
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866
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Which operation being over, the mannerly Sienese courteously gave mine host a whole bushel of thanks, saying to him, Io ti ringratio, bel messere; cosi facendo tu m 'ai esparmiata la speza d'un servitiale.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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Which operation being over, the mannerly Sienese courteously gave mine host a whole bushel of thanks, saying to him, Io ti ringratio, bel messere; cosi facendo tu m’ ai esparmiata la speza d’un servitiale.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Which operation being over, the mannerly Sienese courteously gave mine host a whole bushel of thanks, saying to him, Io ti ringratio, bel messere; cosi facendo tu m’ ai esparmiata la speza d’un servitiale.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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"There is something in the name, _messere_ -- is there not?
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"_El libro dele Epistole di Ovidio in rima volgare per messere
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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"_El libro dele Epistole di Ovidio in rima volgare per messere
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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