1656–81. in Blount, Glossogr.
1663. Waterhouse, Fortescutus Illustratus, i. 21. And the counsel Laws give, is not to suppress the use, but advise to the right use of the Sword: not to condonate through easiness great offences, nor to punish passionately, and with severity, small disgusts and errours of infirmity; but to give to every offence its proper chastisement, to arbitrate the Law’s Prescript, and become its Patron.
1692. in Coles.
