[Ads-l] Antedating of "thump" (noun)

[Steven Losie]

THUMP (OED3, n. 1.a, 1552)

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For (saieth he) as sonne as euer I shall haue geuen but a thumpe wt my
foote on ye groūde of Italie, there shall anon come leapyng foorth whole
swarmes, of bothe horsemen and footemen till wee crye hoe again.
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Source: Apophthegmes that is to saie, prompte, quicke, wittie and
sentencious saiynges, of certain emperours, kynges, capitaines,
philosophiers and oratours.... Richard Grafton, London, 1542. p.290-291.
(Early English Books Online)
Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Link:
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A00316.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext

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