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In bancquettes of honour, in the place of our fruicte (which the latine calleth the seconde boorde) they serue in rawe flesshe very finely minced and spiced, whervpon the gestes fiede very licouricely. 10 They haue no maner of wollen webbe, but are eyther cladde in sarsenettes, or in linnen.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

++Seftes sop ure seppande. sene ` is´ on werlde. leiðe ⁊ lodlike. ðus we it leuen. man ` i´kines ðing. alle manne to wissi {n} g. ðe spinn {er} e on hire [webbe]   swid [e] ge weveð.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

Which would not be, if reason rul'd or widsome wev'd the webbe.

The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

Ne bið swylc cwênlîc þeáw idese tô efnanne, þeáh þe hió ænlîcu sý, þätte freoðu-webbe feores onsäce äfter lîge-torne leófne mannan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw idese tō efnanne, þēah þe hīo ǣnlīcu sȳ, þætte freoðu-webbe fēores onsæce æfter līge-torne lēofne mannan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

One would not suppose beforehand that _watja_ and _webbe_ have the same meaning.

The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869

They haue no maner of wollen webbe, but are eyther cladde in sarsenettes, or in linnen.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584

Which would not be, if reason rul'd or wisdome weu'd the webbe.

The Arte of English Poesie 1569

Neil - re: Bruce, you could try steve webbe via myspace or John Cartwright via myspace - they both pick up messages regularly, I seem to remember Steve commented to me a year or so ago that he had lost touch with Bruce too, but he was seen playing in a band in Southampton. how very Desperado!

Word Magazine - Comments 2009

1.4.18: Of litle stuffe vnto my self to weaue a webbe of trust:

"Songes and Sonettes written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other" 1557