wretche

Worste of alle, deare Mother, this all-advised wretche doth spend alle his vacant houres in compiling a booke on the art (as he calleth it) of angling, surely a trifling petty wanton taske that will

Mince Pie Christopher Morley 1923

I promise ye, a man that goes a broade, with an intent of trueth, meeting such a bootie may be prouokte to that he neuer meante. what makes so many pilferers and fellons, but such fond baites that foolish people lay: to tempt the needie miserable wretche.

Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590

Alas, alas, come hether Hodge: this wretche can tell you all.

Gammer Gurton's Needle Anonymous 1575

Thus sholde thou pray thou wretche both day and nyght

The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489

I promise ye, a man that go [es] [abroade] with an intent of tr [u] eth, meeting [suc] h a bootie, may be prouokte to t [h] at he neuer tho [u] ght. what makes so man [y] pilferers and fellons, but these fond baite [s] that foolish people lay: to tempte the needie misera [ble] wretche

Sir Thomas More Anonymous 1590

_ So it is, the sexten dyd tell me that | | B iij. | | ther was ones a knyght whiche fleeynge hys enemye, than aprochynge, dyd ride thorow ye wykyte, and than the wretche dispayrynge in hym selffe, apon a soden motion, dyd commend hymselffe to ye blessyd virgyne, whiche was than at hand.

The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion Desiderius Erasmus 1502

Ah ingrate wretche, is this nowe the rewarde of my loue, of my faithfull seruice, and mine obedience?”

The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter

• that I entertained any fear of their number; fo. 'as thej? wVre naked, unarmed wretche:?!

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts ... 1790

"The cxpoficyon of faynt Auguftynes. rule, after the great clerke and holy faynt Hugh, called," De fancto Viftore, "by the wretche of Syon,

Typographical antiquities: an historical account of printing in England ... 1790