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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 48 To þo zenne belongeþ..alle manyere eyse of bodye out of nyede, and specialliche ydelnesse.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1440 Say him þat he me restare þat he haþ mystaken away, And specialiche myn barouns free.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 59 To alle crystyn men,..And speciali alle be name Þe felaushepe of Symprynghame, Roberde of Brunne greteþ ȝow.

?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 643 God..preserve him in alle manere thyng, And specially..In enemyes handes that he neuere ffalle.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lx. B The Iles also shal gather them vnto me, and specially the shippes of y^e see.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. v. 35 To the great pleasure..of vs.., and specially of the faire dames.

a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. i. 420 Toscany, and more spetially the Citty and State of Florence therein contayned, is noted to yealde men of stronge memorye.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxv. 216 In the Writings of Divines, and specially in Sermons.

1718 Hist. Reg. 1717 263 His Majesty's good Subjects, who dwell near to the Part where they resort, and specially in the Sheriffdoms of Perth, Sterling, Clackmannan, Monteith, Lennoxange, and Mernes.

1807 A. Knox Remains (1834) I. 71 For the attention I have ever received from them, and specially for the invaluable regard of individuals, I trust I am cordially grateful.

1873 R. Hart Let. 7 Mar. in J. K. Fairbank et al. I. G. in Peking (1975) I. 97 I must thank yourself for the careful attention you have given to this affair, and specially for your self-denial in remaining in London, when the case was coming on.

1950 C. M. Breuning-Williamson tr. P. T. A. Swillens Johannes Vermeer 97 Such liberties were permitted in general and specially by Ripa himself.

2012 Church Times 26 Oct. 29/1 Thank you for your leading article ‘What cathedrals are good at’.., and specially for the reference to parish-church cathedrals.