spye

Belcolore suspecting no treachery, sent him the Stone Morter with the Pestell, and about dinner time, when he knew Bentivegna to bee at home with his wife, by a spye which was set for the purpose; hee called the Clearke

The Decameron 2004

Of fore-sight, to let him Live a spye upon my Actions.

The Fatal Jealousie (1673) Henry Nevil Payne

Chopunnish languages. the interpretation being tedious it ocupyed nearly half the day before we had communicated to them what we wished. they appeared highly pleased. after this council was over we amused ourselves with shewing them the power of magnetism, the spye glass, compass, watch, air-gun and sundry other articles equally novel and incomprehensible to them. they informed us that after we had left the

Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

Tuileries when it begins to grow dark, if it does not rain, for it would seem too od that I had choose to walk in rain, and my footman would suspect, and perhaps spye.

Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles Andrew Lang 1878

A Buskin (that will serve both legges not an indifferent man but a dowble spye).

Bacon is Shake-Speare Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence 1875

For evereche one had lost his wiffe nor colde not spye ye same,

A Little Book of Western Verse Eugene Field 1872

Nor colde not spye ye straunger knyght, Sir Fivefeetten of name.

A Little Book of Western Verse Eugene Field 1872

Her slightest hint was Richard's law, and it was in vain that he was summoned forth by a hundred shrill voices to take the lead in hye-spye, or at foot-ball, if it was little Menie's pleasure that he should remain within, and build card-houses for her amusement.

The Surgeon's Daughter Walter Scott 1801

I now called the men to me and could not forbare abraiding them a little for their want of attention and imprudence on this occasion. they had neglected to bring my spye-glass which in haist I had droped in the plain with the blanket where I made the signal before mentioned.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

We saw the fresh track of a horse this evening in the road near our camp which the indians supposed to be a Shale spye. we killed a prarie hen with the short and pointed tail she had a number of young which could just fly.

The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791