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Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) provides transcriptions, metadata and images of manuscripts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

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Letter from Ralph Adderley to Sir Nicholas Bagnall, marshal (of army), in Ireland, 1567 April 10. Folger MS L.a.2

Folger MS L.a.2

Asks Sir Nicholas to watch over John Bagot, Richard's brother, who is going to Ireland to sow his wild oats. (Phrase "white lie" in line 9 is earliest recorded use, as of 2017, OED.)

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