Lexicographical Neighbors of Herships
Literary usage of Herships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"... the sheriff was to take diligent inqui- sition of destroyers of the country,
or such as bad destroyed the king's lieges with herships, slaughter, ..."
2. The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland by John Knox, William M'Gavin (1841)
"That winter following were great herships made upon all the borders of Scotland,
... In their journey they made some herships upon the coast of England, ..."
3. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1906)
"... of a previous Parliament of the same king speaks of ' horrible destructions,
herships, burnings, and slaughters commonly done through all the kingdom. ..."
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