hostingn.

1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 204 This Erle a litill afore the forsayd hostynge rode Thomon xl. dayes, the wyche is the moste Inly Streynth of Iryssh of al the land.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1238 How plesis ȝow our ostyng for to se?

1537 Act 28 Hen. VIII in Stat. Irel. (1621) 130 Going, riding or abiding in any hostings, jorney, or rode.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 103, in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) I have often heard, that when the Lord Deputy hath raised any generall hostings, the Noble men have claimed the leading of them.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 102 The foresaid generall hoasting is a rising out of certaine foote and horse, found by the subject..to assist the Queenes forces.

1621 An. 10 Hen. VII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 65 Whensoever they shall..ride to any jorney or osting.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 93 Strange to us it seemd At first, that Angel should with Angel warr, And in fierce hosting meet. View more context for this quotation

1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 84 From him Two Branches, that in hosting long contend For Sov'ran Sway.

1715 Act 1 Geo. I Stat. ii. c. 54 §10 The annual Value of the Services, commonly called personal Attendance, hosting, hunting, watching and warding, due by virtue of any Charter..shall be paid in Money annually instead of them.

1884 S. J. M. Low & F. S. Pulling Dict. Eng. Hist. at Pale The small English freeholders were forced to follow the Lord-Deputy in his ‘hostings’. Their abandoned farmsteads were robbed and burnt by English and Irish alike.

1575 Maitland Scot. Poems 318 My hors, my harnes, and my speir; And all uther, my hoisting geir, Now may be sald.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 973/1 The Prince..aduanced forwarde..towarde his enimies, an hosting pace.

1620 Thomas's Dict. (ed. 12) Simplares armaturæ, hosting harnesse.