Lexicographical Neighbors of Pesaunts
Literary usage of Pesaunts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1809)
"... and lesse chargeable, he shall baue the lau e mitigated, if a iurie of hinds
or pesaunts should bee ..."
2. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1903)
"... contained nothing but woods and forrests for wilde beastes, that the pesaunts
of the liberty of Dorpat called ..."
3. Letters Written by John Chamberlain During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by John Chamberlain, Sarah Williams (1861)
"... but sackt two poore hamlets of two dozen houses in Portugal, the pillage wherof
he gave to his army, reserving to himself only two or three pesaunts to ..."
4. Works of the Camden Society by Royal Historical Society (Great Britain), Camden Society (Great Britain) (1861)
"... but sackt two poore hamlets of two dozen houses in Portugal, the pillage wherof
he gave to his army, reserving to himself only two or three pesaunts to ..."
5. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1815)
"... of al craft as the same is, and how litle is it regarded; yea how much it is
despised : that many in these dayes reputes them but as villains, pesaunts, ..."
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