Antedating of "Democracy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Good one, Fred.

JL

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> democracy (OED 1574)
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>        The garden of wysdom wherin ye maye gather moste pleasaunt flowres,
> that is to say, proper wytty and quycke sayenges of princes, philosophers,
> and dyuers other sortes of men. Drawen forth of good authours, as well
> Grekes as Latyns, by Richard Tauerner.  , [London] : 1539 [[Printed by
> Richard Bankes] in aedibus Richardi Tauerneri,] solde in Lomberdstrete at
> the signe of the Lamb by Iohn Haruye, [1539] (Early English Books Online)
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> ...ordeyne in the citie a Democracie , that is to saye...
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> Fred Shapiro
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