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1643 Mercurius Aulicus 9 Sept. Perswasory Epistles from the Trainbound wives, labouring to recall their militant husbands who..are following their leader, the Earle of Essex.

1664 D. Fleming in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1911) 2nd Ser. 191 The Judges..were met..by all the Trainband horse of this county.

1674 Dean Grenville in Surtees Misc. (1858) 155 His Majestie hath a notorious Sott to his trainband captain.

1706 E. Ward Poems Diverse Subj. 345 Adsheart, One Clap of Train-Band Thunder makes me start.

1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin i A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town.

1838 Athenæum 24 Mar. 217/2 The five fields, once the focus of loyalty, the scenes of many a volunteer parade and train-band review, were left for future exploitation.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iii. 57 The train-band lieutenant..came swaggering to the inn.

1921 Boys' Life Aug. 5/1 A group of young farmers were drilling under the supervision of the train-band captain.

1988 J. Hersey Requiescat in Fling (1990) 129 He came from a line of citizens who had served at one time or another in two hundred years as preacher and teacher,..sheep-mark recorder, trainband ensign.

2003 F. J. Bremer John Winthrop (2005) iii. x. 210 They appointed train band (militia) commanders and ordered that no one could settle in the Bay without the approval of the court.