Meaning of bespaul | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of bespawl.

alt-of, alternative, obsolete, transitive

Examples

“[T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-up Lumpe of Barmy froth, / […] / Or Clumſy Chil-blain'd Iudgement; that, vvith Oath, / Magnificates his Merit; and beſpaules / The conſcious Time, vvith humorous Fome; & bravvles, / As if his Organons of Senſe vvould crack / The ſinevves of my Patience.”

“Well, since thou wilt bespaul, bedribble the ashes of unhappy Rochel, and scatter⟳ with thy disdainful breath the despised dust of that forlorn city: yet, withal, call⟳ to mind⟳ a little, how not many ages are past, since the time was, that this hereditary sceptre of this, thy now, Lewis broke open⟳ the gates of Rome, demolished the walls, dispersed and slew the inhabitants, and shut⟳ up thy great predecessor, laden with bitter scoffs and execrations, in his blind dungeon.”

“See⟳ hovv this Remonſtrant vvould inveſt himſelfe conditionally vvith all the rheume of the Tovvne, that hee might have⟳ ſufficient to beſpaul his Brethren.”

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