But where is the Lady Eleanore?" Something stirred within the silken curtains of a canopied bed and a low moan was uttered, which, listening intently, Jervase Helwyse began to distinguish as a woman's voice complaining dolefully of thirst.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The form cacepollus is met with in the Leges Ethelredi , see Schmid and Ducange.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew
But where is the Lady Eleanore?" Something stirred within the silken curtains of a canopied bed; and a low moan was uttered, which, listening intently, Jervase Helwyse began to distinguish as a woman's voice, complaining dolefully of thirst.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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