subs. phr. (old).—See quot. 1611.
1611. COTGRAVE, Dictionarie, s.v. Pas d’Abbé. a leasurely walking, slow gate, ALDERMAN’S PACE.
1629. GAULE, Holy Madness, 94. What an ALDERMAN’S PACE he comes.
1672. RAY, Proverbs. He is PACED LIKE AN ALDERMAN.
