Citations:caitiff

English citations of caitiff

	1485
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• 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII, Chapter xvi, leaf 377r

  Allas that euer suche a caytyf knyghte as I am shold haue power by vnhappynes to hurte the moost noblest knyghte of the world

  "Alas that ever such a caitiff knight as I am should have power by unhappiness to hurt the most noblest knight of the world"

			1678
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• 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.

  Esau did sell his birthright indeed, and so do many besides, and by so doing exclude themselves from the chief blessing, as also that caitiff did; but you must put a difference betwixt Esau and Little-faith, and also betwixt their estates.