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?a1440 J. Willoughby in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 44 Ryght wursshipfull sire..after dyw recommendacion to yowr reverens, please hit yow to know that yowr lordesship luste to empointe me to abyde yowr noble avys touching the landis of Latemer.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) iv. 1094 (MED) Sir emperour..I haue..On-to youre reuerens declared ful weel Whi my lord Ihesu of seruauntis his Wolde suffre al this peyne.

1576 A. Fleming tr. P. Manutius in Panoplie Epist. 329 The auncient duetifulnesse, which I owe to your reverence.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 20 How many now in health, Shall drop their blood in approbation, Of what your reuerence shall incite vs too.

1687 A. Behn Emperor of Moon i. ii I hope your Reverence will reward my faithful Service with Mopsophil, your Daughters Governante, who is Rich, and has long had my Affection, Sir.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. vii. 31 A soldier, an' please your reverence, said I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson.

1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 105 Will av'rice and concupiscence give place, Charm'd by the sounds—Your Rev'rence, or Your Grace?

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 180 ‘Very true, your Reverence,’ replied the beadle.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. vi. 26 Lord bless your reverence! he does not mind it, he likes it.

1875 D. Boucicault Shaughraun i. iv. 19 Father D. Well, haven't you a word to say for yourself? Conn. Divil a one, your riverence!

1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. v. 165 Neither does the other of your reverence's confidants.

a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 57 ‘Your Reverence, I wouldn't have one of them touch me.’..‘I'm thinking of the talk. They'd say it was dyed’.