Slaunder

Accursed be the houre, when she was borne into this World, and her selfe likewise, to bee so lewdly and incontinently given; an universall shame and slaunder, to all the good women of our City. ❋ Unknown (2004)

All which this venemous pasquill, with eloquent railing and wittie slaunder hath set out at the full. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Ladie, and the whole occasion thereof, and thinking to be reuenged of the refusall of loue by her denied, he framed this slaunder to make her lose her life. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

The Ianissaries on the other side, a warlike people, and brought vp in continuall exercise of Armes, began with open voyce, to detracte and slaunder their lorde, commonlie complaining howe hee consumed his life like an effeminate persone, without inferring or doyng anye profite to the Empire. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

Poets being in deede the trumpetters of all praise and also of slaunder ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

Doe you thinke to helpe and succour me, when others shall attempt to obiect vnto my face this slaunder and reproche? but if your selfe doe hurt me, where shall I hereafter seke reliefe and succour. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

And I am perswaded, that you do not so litle esteeme my father and my husband, who is for your seruice prisoner in the hands of the Frenchmen, our mortal enemies, as in their absence to procure vnto them such defamation and slaunder. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

But certaine times feeling her selfe touched, and her honestie appaired, could not conteine but when she sawe time with her husband, she prayed him verie earnestlie to haue her home to his own house, to auoyde slaunder and defamacion of neighbours. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

Thou shalt answer by gods pity, for this thy foule slaunder ❋ Anonymous (1575)

_Ioannes Picus_, Earle of Mirandula, his _Apologie_ will teach you, of the Raging slaunder of the Malicious ❋ John Dee (1567)

It's totally Georgia-unworthy to slaunder a guest like this, as the Georgians consider a guest a gift from God. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So the good Ladie held her peace, reseruing in her harte, that whiche should bee her helpe in time and place: howbeit she sayde nothing hereof vnto her husbande, aswell for raising offence or slaunder, as for prouoking him against him whiche susteined the punishement him selfe, sithe that this refuse, did more straungely pinche him, nerer at the harte then euer the Egle of Caucasus (whereof the Poetes haue talked so muche) did tier the mawe of the subtile thefe Prometheus. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

Chastitye, rendreth the same suspicious, and giueth occasion to talke to the people that is more apt and redie to slaunder and defame, then by good report to prayse them, which by vertue do deserue commendation, bringing the lyfe and fame of her husband, to such extremitie, as it had been better vertuously to haue resisted the force of Loue, and the flattering sute of such louers, then to manifest that which might haue been kept secrete without preiudice of eyther. ❋ William Painter (N/A)

(not slaunder, but well deserued reproch) were in conscience & credit bound next after the diuine praises of the immortall gods, to yeeld a like ratable honour to all such amongst men, as most resembled the gods by excellencie of function and had a certaine affinitie with them, by more then humane and ordinarie virtues shewed in their actions here vpon earth. ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

Wherfore the Poets being in deede the trumpetters of all praise and also of slaunder (not slaunder, but well deserued reproch) were in conscience & credit bound next after the diuine praises of the immortall gods, to yeeld a like ratable honour to all such amongst men, as most resembled the gods by excellencie of function, and had a certaine affinitie with them, by more then humane and ordinarie vertues shewed in their actions here vpon earth. ❋ Unknown (1569)

4.80.3: The hatefull spite and slaunder to reherse. ❋ Unknown (1557)

Whereas by order of the Generall Court dated the 27th of the 3° month 1642. the matter in difference betweene m '' John Humfrey Esquire & John Hoi - — "graue of Salem concerning one hundred pounds recovered against the said John Holgraue in an action of slaunder at a former Court houlden at Boston was referred vnto the Order ❋ Unknown (1653)