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I long to be resolv'd where 'twas Sir Feeble was last night if it were he by which I might find out my invisible Mistress. Noi. Noble Mr. Bel. Will you please to sit, Sir? Gay. Sir Cau. Noi. Know him, Sir! ay, too well Bea. The World's well amended with him, Captain, since I lost my Money to him and you at the George in White-Fryers. Noi.
It was the most usual form of apology when mentioning anything likely to offend, or naming a word for which excuse was thought proper or necessary. Wherefore it came to stand in place of various words of obscene sound or meaning. There are innumerable instances from Mandeville ; down to recent times, and even Devonshire dialect to-day. p. 248 the George in White-Fryers.
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