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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1622-1626
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(Trope,) Troupe, n. [e.m.E. troope (Tindale), trope (1573), F. trope, L. tropus.] Figurative or metaphorical language; poetic discourse. — 1622-6 Bisset II 182/22.
As the sea in troupe is afflictioun in alligorie evin so King Charles the first … succedand … to this ile of Greit Brytan invironed … be the sea … will procequute afflictioun (in allegorie) … aganis [those] that persequutis the … faithfull Christianis
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