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Samuel Rowlands

Samuel Rowlands (fl. 1598–1628), satirist.
The 692nd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 693 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations693Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word59Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning227Find quotations
NameTotal QuotationsPercentage of quotations
1.Letting of Humors Blood13019.0%Find quotations in OED
2.Famous Hist. Guy of Warwicke659.0%Find quotations in OED
3.Greenes Ghost578.0%Find quotations in OED
4.Knaue of Clubbes375.0%Find quotations in OED
5.Betraying of Christ375.0%Find quotations in OED
6.Knaue of Harts355.0%Find quotations in OED
7.Looke to It274.0%Find quotations in OED
8.Good Newes & Bad264.0%Find quotations in OED
9.More Knaues Yet254.0%Find quotations in OED
10.Sacred Memorie233.0%Find quotations in OED

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