selie

For, bothe the name and care of that state of office, can be titeled by no better name in all pointes, for di - ligent kepyng, for aide, succoryng, and with all equitie tem - peryng the multitude: thei are as Shepeherdes els the selie poore multitude, would by an oppression of pestiferous men.

A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde Richard Rainolde

Ye're like the minister o 'Balie, preaching for selie.

The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836