biddy

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Madame for Gods loue Leaue vs not thus: bidd vs yet first farwell.

From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney

And the said divell or spirit bidd her call him by the name of Mamillion.

From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice

Now se, mi Sone, which a sinne Is Sacrilege in holy stede: Be war therfore and bidd thi bede, And do nothing in holy cherche, Bot that thou miht be reson werche.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)

‘And there I send her a ring of gold, A ring of precyous stone, And bidd her come to the siluer wood, Let ffor no kind of man.’

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Good wife, doe now, as I thee bidd.

From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by Madders, S. S.