subs. phr. (old).—See quots.

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  1632.  MASSINGER, The City Madam, ii. 2.

                May the great fiend, booted and spurred,
With a scythe at his girdle, as the Scotchman says,
Ride headlong down her throat!

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  1633.  FLETCHER, Tamer Tamed, v. 2.

        A SEDGLY CURSE light on him; which is, Pedro,
‘The fiend ride through him booted and spurred with a sythe at his back!’

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  1636.  SUCKLING, The Goblins, i. 1.

        Now the SEDGLY CURSE upon thee,
And the great fiend ride through thee
Booted and spurr’d, with a scythe on his neck!

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  c. 1660.  HOWELL [RAY, Proverbs, Staffordshire. The devil, &c. … This is SEDGELY CURSE. Mr. Howel.]

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