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begert er ym ein rechnung
von den ubrigen 800 Gulden vvegen begert er ym ein rechnung zu thun, so gestett er auch ym keins
— from A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical by Henry G. (Henry George) Bohn

B elbow yeerwe E R
—Two vocabularies.—Compared with [Pg 202] the vocabularies generally of Port Jackson, and the parts south and east of Port Jackson:—Eye, meul , E. R.; milla , L. C.: nose, emurda , E. R.; morro , L. C.: ears, mulkah , E. R.; moko , P. Macquarie: hair, morye , E. R.; mundah , B. B.: breast, coyor , E. R.; kowul , P. J.: fingers, mungal bah , E. R.; maranga , B. B.: elbow, yeerwe , E. R.; yongra , Menero Downs: nails, kotke , E. R.; karungun?
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

borrowing enter y e return
“2 dly : That He shall be obliged to return ye same Book or Books w th in one month from y e time of borrowing, & enter y e return of y e s d Book in a Column of y e Register opposite to that wherein ye borrowing of y
— from Three Centuries of a City Library an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Norwich Public Library Established in 1608 and the present Public Library opened in 1857 by Geo. A. (George Arthur) Stephen


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