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Friesland horse; I had him from Frankfort, yet will I give him you; for he is a pretty little nag, and will go very well, with a tessel of goshawks, half a dozen of spaniels, and a brace of greyhounds: thus are you king of the hares and partridges for all this winter.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Friesland horse; I had him from Frankfort, yet will I give him you; for he is a pretty little nag, and will go very well, with a tessel of goshawks, half a dozen of spaniels, and a brace of greyhounds: thus are you king of the hares and partridges for all this winter.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Indented tessel, should be tessera, or indented border, 818-m.
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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I will bestow upon you, said he, this Friesland horse; I had him from Frankfort, yet will I give him you; for he is a pretty little nag, and will go very well, with a tessel of goshawks, half a dozen of spaniels, and a brace of greyhounds: thus are you king of the hares and partridges for all this winter.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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madmouth commented on the word tessel
a measurement unit akin to 'brace' in 'a brace of shakes'
April 26, 2009