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  • noun Archaic spelling of earl.

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  • 'This Earle of Oxford, making of his low obeisance to Queen Elizabeth, happened to let a Fart, at which he was so abashed and ashamed that he went to Travell, 7 yeares. On his returne the Queen welcomed him home, and sayd, My Lord, I had forgott the Fart.'

    - John Aubrey, Brief Lives. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Aubrey

    April 12, 2018