Obs. In 7 fann, phan. A jocular abbreviation of FANATIC.

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1682.  New News from Bedlam, 13.

        And to inspire his base Hobgoblin Muse,
By Tumbling Art, the Loyal Phans to abuse.
    Ibid., 40.
To be here Nurs’d up, Loyal Fanns to defame,
And damn all Dissenters on purpose for gain.

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