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John Bale

John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian.
The 400th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 1099 quotations (about 0.03% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations1099Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word231Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning466Find quotations
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3.Apol. agaynste Papyst11911.0%Find quotations in OED
4.Image Bothe Churches838.0%Find quotations in OED
5.King Johan767.0%Find quotations in OED
6.2nd Pt. Image Both Churches515.0%Find quotations in OED
7.Yet Course at Romyshe Foxe464.0%Find quotations in OED
8.Brefe Chron. Syr J. Oldcastell424.0%Find quotations in OED
9.Vocacyon353.0%Find quotations in OED
10.Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus293.0%Find quotations in OED

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