Starting again from Erguiul you ride eastward for eight days, and then come to a province called EGRIGAIA, containing numerous cities and villages, and belonging to Tangut.[NOTE 1] The capital city is called CALACHAN.[NOTE 2] The people are chiefly Idolaters, but there are fine churches belonging to the Nestorian Christians.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

They say that the witches roam about in March, and the ceremony is repeated every Friday evening during the month.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

De firmâ Regis E. fuit, et dimidiam diem firmæ reddidit in omnibus rebus....
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

Being a star in many events and the chief one upon whom Harvard depended, in numerous meets he has repeatedly been called upon to skip from one event to another and back again without stopping to catch his breath or get a rest: even fates, especially during the spring of 1921 seeming to be against him, for it usually rained the day before or the day he had to perform.
— from Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks by William Henry Harrison

d. pièce, à savoir; au dit Colman 735, les 500 en don gratuit pour une fois pour aucunement des peines et travaux qu’il a eu et supporté venant par notre expresse ordonnance au mois de decembre dernier en poste dés sa maison etant au dit Augsbourg, jusque par devers notre dite majesté en notre cité de Tolede; les 150 pour ses depenses tant de venir que de retourner en sa dite maison; les 30 ducats pour convertir et employer en ung acoustrement pour sa personne, de nos couleurs et livrées et les 55 autres ducats pour une mulle que lui avons fait ce jourd-huy acheter et presenter aussi en don de par nous; et au dit Ludovico de Taxis 380 semblables ducats, les 200 pour ses peines et frais par lui payés d’etre aussi par notre dite ordonnance venu accompagner par poste le dit Colman, dés le dit Augsbourg à quatre chevaux jusqu’ à Lyon sur Rhone en France et dés le dit Lyon jusqu’ en notre cité de Tolede à trois chevaux, a cause qu
— from Spanish Arms and Armour Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Armoury of Madrid by Albert Frederick Calvert

There can be no arbitrary rule either for exposure, depth or texture of soils, because oranges are being successfully grown on medium loam to heavy clay loam, providing the moisture supply is kept right.
— from One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson

A Religious Exercise for Every Day in the Year.
— from Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life by Amos Lawrence

It is designed for belted exciter, having a shaft extension at the collector ring end for exciter driving pulley.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 05 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

The Puritans were the most numerous and powerful of the fugitives from political and religious tyranny in England, and the dominant sect in North America almost as severely oppressed Anabaptists and Quakers in the colonies as they themselves, religious exiles from ecclesiastical despotism, had suffered in the old world.
— from The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Howard Williams

Do. Fiber, electric Size Foot. Fixtures, electric, for buildings Catalogue reference Each. Fuses, electric do.
— from Material Classification Recommended by the Railway Storekeepers' Association by United States. Railroad administration. Division of finance

Ung riche et fort exquis double tableau de Nostre Dame, doublé par dehors de satin brochier et monseigneur le duc Charles de Bourgogne painct en l'ung des fulletz estant à genoux, habillé de drapt d'or, à ung cousin de velours noir et une heure estant sur son siège devant luy, le bors dudit tableau garnis de velours verd, avec trois ferrures d'argent doré servant audit tableau.
— from The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Eleanor E. Tremayne