Suresby

Sures´by


n.1.One to be sure of, or to be relied on.
There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anything will serve.
- Bradford.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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A cutpurse, aptly named Lifter, and the plaintiff, Smart, are presented before Justice Suresby. The jury has pronounced Lifter guilty but Justice Suresby is equally enraged with the plaintiff who, according to Justice Suresby, "tempt[ed] necessity" (1.2.25) by carrying "no less than ten pounds" (1.2.26) in his purse.
"Hands off proud stranger": Shakespeare versus multiple authorship in performance
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