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"Hearing this, huzur," Hubbo continued, "I venture to mention the matter to your Excellency, especially as it seemed to me, from what the serang said, that the holes drilled by the pirates were even larger than those made by the mistris sent from the fort."

In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang

Therefore she must often walk abroad; and to that end an occasion is found to go every day a pratling and gossiping to this and then to another place; in the mean while leaving her husband without a wife, and the family without a mistris.

The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple A. Marsh

After this general communitie, the mistris and worthiest part of it, predominant and exercising her offices (they say the most availefull commodity did thereby redound both to the private and publike).

Of Friendship. 1909

This precept, so abhominable in this soveraigne and mistris Amitie, is necessarie and wholesome in the use of vulgar and customarie friendships: toward which a man must employ the saying Aristotle was wont so often repeat, “Oh you my friends, there is no perfect friend.

Of Friendship. 1909

Alas! alas! mistris, cried the maid, heer is my maister, and 100 men with him, with bils and staves.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

A pox of thy noe witt, this Lady that I meane will have hir severall sceanes, now wife, then Mistris, then my Sweete Platanicke soule, and then write in the like severall changes of Mistris not onely to confirme love, but provoke love, then dress themselves always as a pritty sweete wife or mistris.

Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

And I to see my mistris health belched out in severall

Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

My lord I have brought my mistris through wth my life

Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

Ey, but I saw the Boy give you another from yoe mistris

Three Hundred Years Hence 1836

My Lady and mistris Captive, a Prisoner can Stellowe sufferr that, I'le hir releive.

Three Hundred Years Hence 1836