set at large

And thereby for to set at large that Queen whom I did name, Who always in her treacherous mind, doth nought but mischief frame.

But even the convicted ruffian is to be set at large, under the system of time sentences.

“But I must have some assurance of the truth of your statement before you are set at large.”

On the 21st of October, Matthieu is set at large, and is at liberty to go to Flamin,–he has begged the favor for himself–to announce to him his freedom and promotion at once....

He therefore established his character as a silent, doggedly well-behaved man; and in due time was set at large as a barber among the ticket-of-leave convicts at Hopetown.