Savinge

It groweth plentuously in Germany, but not in England that ever I coulde see, savinge in my Lordes gardine at Syon. ❋ Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1868)

I thought I'd make a good savinge of you if I tried VERY hard. ❋ Louisa May Alcott (1860)

"Arrah, no, yer honour, 'tisn't for a dacent man like me to desire altogether to turn into a savinge," said Pat. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

Seinge then they suffer no people of Europe to inhabite there savinge onely Spaniardes, any reasonable man that knoweth the barenes, desolation, and wante of men in Spaine, together with these eightene yeres civill warres that hath wasted so many thousandes of them in the Lowe Contries, must nedes confesse that they have very simple forces there. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)

And I began to saile towardes the north west, thinckinge to finde no lande savinge that where Cathaio is, and from thence to turne towardes the Indies. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)

Ortelius; neither is it peopled by the Spaniardes to any purpose savinge onely alonge the sea coaste. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)

Thorne, extante in printe in the laste leafe savinge one of his discourse to Doctor Lea, (65) ambassador for King Henry the Eighte, in Spaine, with ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)

In the case of the TCH, it occurs to me that the opportunity for savinge is even greater (as Jimmy's experience reported here confirms). ❋ Unknown (2008)

No forren commoditie that comes into England comes withoute payment of custome once, twise, or thrise, before it come into the realme, and so all forren comodities become derer to the subjectes of this realme; and by this course to Norumbega forren princes customes are avoided; and the forren comodities cheapely purchased, they become cheape to the subjectes of England, to the common benefite of the people, and to the savinge of greate treasure in the realme; whereas nowe the realme become the poore by the purchasinge of forreine comodities in so greate a masse at so excessive prices. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)

Many men of excellent wittes and of divers singuler giftes, overthrowen by sea, or by some folly of youthe, that are not able to live in England, may there be raised againe, and doe their contrie goodd service; and many nedefull uses there may (to greate purpose) require the savinge of greate nombers, that for trifles may otherwise be devoured by the gallowes. ❋ Richard Hakluyt (1584)