† ilsample
a perversion of ensample, to suggest ill sample, ill example.
| 1588 Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 5 But euerie Lord B[ishop] in England, as for ilsample, Iohn of Cant. 1589 Marprel. Epit. (1843) 52 That is the ilsample of Archbishop Titus. |
† ilsample
a perversion of ensample, to suggest ill sample, ill example.
| 1588 Marprel. Epist. (Arb.) 5 But euerie Lord B[ishop] in England, as for ilsample, Iohn of Cant. 1589 Marprel. Epit. (1843) 52 That is the ilsample of Archbishop Titus. |
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