"epistler" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From epistle + -er.",
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          "text": "their incorporation would have, probably, quite served to justify the Epistler both in his own eyes and in those of his public.",
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        "A writer of an epistle."
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          "text": "These be my gospellers,\nThese be my pystyllers,\nThese be my querysters\nTo helpe me to synge,\nMy hawkes to mattens rynge!",
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