preeste

In hallie [9] preeste apperes the ribaudes [10] penne,

The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

Nowe fyx'd fromm seconde dames a preeste for lyfe.

The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton

Thomas Rowlie, "the gode preeste," appears as a holy and learned man, poet, artist, and architect.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

It should be observed, that the Poem marked No. 1, was given to Mr. Barrett by Chatterton with the following title; "_Battle of Hastings, wrote by Turgot the Monk, a Saxon, in the tenth century, and translated by Thomas Rowlie, parish preeste of St. Johns in the city of Bristol, in the year 1465.

The Rowley Poems Thomas Chatterton