quietnesse

And upon all that hate contentions, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling.

The Compleat Angler 2007

Madam Margaret de Chisolieri, shee appeared so pleasing in his eye; that his sences became no lesse disturbed, then as if he had beene of farre younger temper, and no night could any quietnesse possesse his soule, except (the day before) he had seene the sweet countenance of this lovely widdow.

The Decameron 2004

Sounde without carcke and in rest full quietnesse, eatyng the fruictes of the fielde, and the milke of the cattle, and drinking the waters of the christalline springes.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

The Seretines are a debonaire people, and suche louers of quietnesse, that they shonne to entremedle with any other people.

The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie 2004

Put the case, that thou keepest me in good garments; allowing mee to goe neatly hosed and shod; yet well thou knowest, there are other meere matters belonging to a woman, and every way as necessarily required, both for the preservation of Houshold quietnesse, and those other rites betweene a Husband and Wife.

The Decameron 2004

And in so doing, he shall enter into great bonds for him: by which meanes the countrey is brought into good quietnesse.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

But I doubt not, this priuiledge once gotten and obtained, we shall liue in quietnesse and rest, and shall shortly grow into a great trade for silkes both raw and wrought, with all kind of spices and drugs, and other commodities here, as to M. Anthonie Ienkinson is well knowen, who (I doubt not) hath long agoe throughly aduertised the Companie thereof.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

And now that an over faint quietnesse should seeme to strowe the house for Poets.

Defence of Poesie 1992

Countrey keepes vs in heale, and quietnesse of mynd,

The Arte of English Poesie George Puttenham

In the beginning of his reigne, hée sought to appease the debate that was raised in his fathers daies, and bring the realme to hir former quietnesse, and after that he had brought it to good end, he builded the towne of Kaerkin now called Canterburie: also the towne of Caerguent now cleped Winchester, and mount Paladour now called

Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8) Raphael Holinshed