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?1532 Glasse of Truthe To Rdr. sig. A4 For els accordynge to an auncyent prouerbe, To longe abode is causer of moch daungere, we might be moche indemnyfyed and hyndered.

1578 T. Timme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Gen. 70 According to the common Proverb ‘Of evil manners spring good laws’.

1603 True Narration Entertainm. His Maiestie sig. C3^v The miles according to the Northren phrase, are a wey-bit longer then they be here in the South.

1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. i. 88/2 Women that loose their Dugs become rough-voiced, according to Hippocrates.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vitriol According to Boerhaave, Vitriols consist of a metallic Part with a Sulphur adhering, a menstruous Acid, and Water.

1769 R. Price Let. 3 Apr. in B. Franklin Papers (1972) XVI. 83 Two joint lives of 40 have an even chance, according to Mr. De Moivre's hypothesis, of continuing together only 13½ years.

1822 A. Hamilton Marriage Rites 267 According to the Moresc laws, there are no bastards except the offspring of prostitutes.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. vii. 153 This, according to our ideas, seems the worst action of his life.

1909 G. W. James Indian Basketry (1972) iii. 23 According to Washington Matthews, the Navahoes have many legends with which baskets are connected.

1941 Cosmic Stories May 30/1 I realized that according to my calculations I would land in a plane already inhabited by protoplasmal forms.

1985 B. Neal Southern Cooking (1989) xii. 183 This thoroughly hybrid drink, the Sazerac, was the specialty of the famed St. Charles Hotel and, according to legend, took its name from a celebrated bartender.

2007 GQ (U.K. ed.) Apr. 272/2 New Orleans is, according to scientists, being steadily swallowed by the mud of the Mississippi Delta.