Frenche and Italien tonge, had not thought skorne to bestowe their time aboute the translacion therof, and that the Emperours Maiestie that now is, vouched saulfe to receiue the presentacion therof, at the Frenche translatours hande, as well appereth in his booke: it kindled me againe, vpon regard of mine owne profite, and other mennes moe, to bring that to some good pointe, that earst I had begonne. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Sigismundus booke repaire, who all the trueth can tell: For he long earst in message went vnto that sauage King. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Of masts both long, and large; with mosse put in betweene, To keepe the force of weather out, I neuer earst haue seene A grosse deuise so good, and on the roofe they lay The burthen barke, to rid the raine, and sudden showres away. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Nowðer {105} deouel ne mon. for mi lif q {uo} ð hire feader þe schal laðin his luue. for þu schalt habbe þrof hearm ⁊ scheome baðe ⁊ nu þu schalt on alre earst. as on ernesse swa beon ibeaten wið bittere besmen. þ̵ tu were wummon of wu {m} mone bosum to wraðerheale eau {er} iboren iþe worlde. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)
But had he beene, where earst his armes were lent, ❋ Edmund Spenser (N/A)
This thing being put in execution (according to his commandement) the Britains were not a little astonied at the strange sight of those gallies, for that they were driuen with ores, which earst they had not séene, and shrewdlie were they galled also with the artillerie which the Romans discharged vpon them, so that they began to shrinke and ❋ Raphael Holinshed (N/A)
Galles that looked earst for gold, and not for battell, were easilie ouercome, such as stood to the brunt were slaine, and the rest by flight constreined to depart the citie. ❋ Raphael Holinshed (N/A)
Instead of preferring to dwell on the unutterable ecstasy, contentment, and bliss of the experience, he is far more anxious to emphasise the fact that "all that pleased earst now seemes to paine." ❋ Caroline F. E. Spurgeon (1905)
That earst [95] was sought to deck both bed and bowre ❋ Unknown (1886)
But all that earst seemd sweet seemes now offense, ❋ Unknown (1596)
That fondly feare to loose your liberty, when loosing one, two liberties ye gayne, and make him bond that bondage earst dyd fly. ❋ Unknown (1594)
The Ape, that earst did nought but chill and quake, ❋ Unknown (1591)
For he long earst in message went vnto that sauage King. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)
To keepe the force of weather out, I neuer earst haue seene ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)
Frenche translatours hande, as well appereth in his booke: it kindled me againe, vpon regard of mine owne profite, and other mennes moe, to bring that to some good pointe, that earst I had begonne. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)
A shepheard trewe, yet not so true, as he that earst I hote. ❋ Unknown (1579)
⁊ affrican hire feader feng on earst feire on {;} to lokin ȝef he mahte wið eani luue speden. ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)
i mungunge of þe sunne þ̵ schende us on earst alle · ant nawt drahe þe wriheles to tiffunge ⁊ to prude · ❋ Joseph Hall (N/A)
4 Who earst in flowres of freshest youth was clad. ❋ Edmund Spenser (N/A)
4 Can speake his prowesse, that did earst you beare, ❋ Edmund Spenser (N/A)
