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"ref": "1791, Edward Nairne, “The Jews Partners and the Stolen Pork. A Tale.”, in Poems, Miscellaneous and Humorous, with Explanatory Notes and Observations, Canterbury: Printed by Simmons and Kirkby, →OCLC, page 16",
"text": "Some twenty years ago—'tis true, / Isaacs, a poor pedestrian Jew, / By wishful inclination prest, / A ribspare stole, already drest; […]",
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"text": "25th Decʳ. [1673–1674] I sent to Mr. Hely a ribspare and hoggs puddings, for which hee returned mee a boxe of pills and sermons.",
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"text": "The care of our forefathers for the temporal needs of the ministry, is also illustrated by various votes to be gathered from the Town and Parish Records. […] Sent in since Nov. 3: the day I was married: From my good neighbours in town. […] [January] 8, [1698]. The wife of Saml. Sparhawk, a Ribspare […]",
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"text": "The care of our forefathers for the temporal needs of the ministry, is also illustrated by various votes to be gathered from the Town and Parish Records. […] Sent in since Nov. 3: the day I was married: From my good neighbours in town. […] [January] 8, [1698]. The wife of Saml. Sparhawk, a Ribspare […]",
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"text": "Master Roberts has sent no deare yet. There is sent up a motten (mutton), a barrel of eggs, fower ribspares, two chaynes (chines), a goose, three drest poultrie, four live poultrie, four hogges cheekes and feet and hames (hams) of two hogges mustered, one bottel of meade, three brace of partridges, and a brace of veasants (pheasants) […]",
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