odd-refuse

Updated: January 19, 2026

And there were malicious pages about the French; court; who also found much amusement in writing to the ambassador, begging his interest with the Duke of Parma that they might obtain from that conqueror some odd-refuse town or so in: England, such as York, Canterbury, London, or the like till the luckless Don Bernardino was ashamed to show his face.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

And there were malicious pages about the French; court; who also found much amusement in writing to the ambassador, begging his interest with the Duke of Parma that they might obtain from that conqueror some odd-refuse town or so in: England, such as York, Canterbury, London, or the like till the luckless Don Bernardino was ashamed to show his face.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

And there were malicious pages about the French; court; who also found much amusement in writing to the ambassador, begging his interest with the Duke of Parma that they might obtain from that conqueror some odd-refuse town or so in: England, such as York, Canterbury, London, or the like till the luckless Don Bernardino was ashamed to show his face.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89 — Complete

And there were malicious pages about the French; court; who also found much amusement in writing to the ambassador, begging his interest with the Duke of Parma that they might obtain from that conqueror some odd-refuse town or so in: England, such as York, Canterbury, London, or the like till the luckless Don Bernardino was ashamed to show his face.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands, 1588d