Birmingham.
[Footnote 7: _Europe_, vol. ix. p. 397., 12mo.]
_The earliest Mention of the Word "Party"_ (Vol. vii., p. 247.).--In a
choice volume, printed by "Ihon Day, dwelling over Aldersgate, beneath St.
Martines," 1568, I find the word occurring thus:
"The _party_ must in any place see to himselfe, and seeke to wipe theyr
noses by a shorte aunswere."--_A Discovery and playne Declaration of
the Holy Inquisition of Spayne_, fol. 10.
Permit me to attach a Query to this. Am I right in considering the
above-mentioned book as rare? I do so on the assumption that "Ihon Day" is
_the_ Day of black-letter rarity.