1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. xcviijv The state of christendom was troublesome..for the late sedition and rurall warre [L. bellum rusticanum], and for disobedience within the Empyre.
1625 P. Heylyn (rev. ed.) 263 The late rurall warres, raised by the Boores, and scarce yet thoroughly extinct.