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double O double D E R
[E260] "Woodrofe," spelt according to an old distich thus: "Double U, double O, double D, E, R, O, double U, double F, E." It derives its name originally from the Fr. roue = a wheel, dimin.
— from Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie by Thomas Tusser

dyvers odur dyssays dishes epocres rennys
" After which is narrated the election of the master and other officers of the company for the coming year, "and Master Clareshur mad a grett bankett for the master and hys compene, furst spysed bred, cheres (cherries), straberes, pepyns, and marmalade and suckett comfets, and portingalles [285] (Portugal oranges), and dyvers odur dyssays, (dishes), epocres, rennys (Rhenish wine), claret wyne, and bere, and alle grett plente and alle was welcome."
— from Bygone London by Frederick Ross


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