Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850

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All-to brake (Vol. i., p. 395.).—The interpretation given is incorrect. "All-to" is very commonly used by early writers for "altogether:" e.g., "all-to behacked," Calfhill's Answer to Martiall's Treatise of the Cross, Parker Society's edition, p. 3.; "all-to becrossed," ibid. p. 91.; "all-to bebatted," ibid. p. 133., &c. &c. The Parker Society reprints will supply innumerable examples of the use of the expression.

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