vulgus

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Plus aquilis vexilla crucis, plus Caesare Petrus, Plus cinctis ducibus vulgus inerme dedit.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

This was called "the Vulgate," from the Latin vulgus, "the common people."

From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

Vilia miretur vulgus, mihi flauus Apollo Pocula Castalia plena ministret aqua.

From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.

Optandum est potius quam expectandum, ut ii qui habent aliquid in poesi vel historia notatu dignum in privatis bibliothecis reconditum, id in vulgus emittant, aut saltem ab iis qui hujusmodi rebus operam navant perlegi permittant. 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

Senatorque vocor, vulgus me poplite curvo, Muneribusque datis veneratur, fronte retecta.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis