a. Obs. rare. [f. ENSAMPLE + -AL: it is uncertain which of the two forms was written by Pecock.] Only in phrase historial ensampial (ensaumplal): of the nature of a historical example.
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., 293. Or it is historial ensampial of the now bifore seid Moral Conversacioun. Ibid., III. vi. 309. No parti … being historial ensaumplal, lettith the seid endewing.
