bretherin

Well, the reg'lar rider, ole Jim Skaggs, was dead, an 'the bretherin was a-lookin' aroun 'fer somebody to step into ole Jim's shoes.

Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories 1897

Well, the reg'lar rider, ole Jim Skaggs, was dead, an 'the bretherin was a-lookin' aroun 'fer somebody to step into ole Jim's shoes.

Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories John Fox 1891

I love the "camera" angles, and the storyline is epic enough, but I wish someone had proofread the dialogue a bit better... "bretherin"?

Pen-Elayne on the Web 2005

To Sanct Johnestoun, with the Gentilmen befoir expressed, did conveane the Erle of Menteath, [835] the Lard of Glenurquhar, [836] and diverse utheris who befoir had nocht presented thame selffis for defence of thair bretherin.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

Setterday at nycht, the 25. [22d] of Julij, we did in what us lay to gif advertisment to our bretherin; bot impossible it was that those of the

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

I tell yo ', bretherin, "he said turning to the congregation --" it'd be a good thing if we c'ud all have our fun'ral sermon now and then correctly told.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

Balancin '-- ah, my bretherin, that's a gran' thing.

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

"That thay wald nocht delay thair purpoise ane hour; and thairfoir willed thame to certifie the Capitanes in the town, that gif by pryde and foolishnes thay wald keape the town, and in so doing slay any of thair bretherin, that thay should everie one dye as murtheraris."

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

We, thrusting the bloode of no man, and seaking onlie the libertie of our bretherin, condiscended to thair desyris, albeit that we mycht have executed against thame jugement without mercie, for that thay had refused our former favouris, and had slane one of our bretherin, and hurt two in thair resistance; [839] and yit we suffered thame freelie to depart without any forther molestatioun.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

We mycht have left the town, and mycht have reteired our selffis without any danger; bot than we should have abandoned our bretherin of Edinburgh, and suffered the ministrie thairof to have decayed, whiche to our hartis was so dolorous, that we thocht better to hasard the extreamitie than so to do.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox