1588 W. Bayley sig. a3 The apte and due vse of these three medicines, which in propulsing of diseases, and in reforming of the state of the body, may be resembled to the triumuiri in the common-wealth of Rome.
1618 T. Gainsford 35 Therefore I will say the lesse in this point vnto you, because you haue euer beene faithful to my progenitors, and willing to be counted a Nation for the defence of vertue, and propulsing of iniuries.