[…] he was so deeply struck with the shock of this revelation that he actually forgot himself and his own peacockery.

If the executor or administrator resides without the county, absconds or conceals himself, so that citation cannot be personly served, and shall neglect to render an account within thirty days after having been committed, …

He sobbed[…]but he forgave them. Then the sobs came thick and fast.

I knowe them that thynke Rhetorique, to stande wholy vpon darke woordes, and he that can catche an ynke horne terme by the taile, hym thei compt to bee a fine Englishe man, and a good Rhetorician.