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Chapmen and merchants stole through it by a few tracks in great companies, armed with bill and bow. 

From Roman and the Teuton by Kingsley, Charles

A short tale it is to-night at least: I came from Whitwall with a Company of Chapmen, and it was thee I was seeking and the Well at the World's End.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

Whether thou hast done well or ill, do no worse; but abide till the Chapmen come from Higham, on their way to the Burg of the Four Friths.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William

Chapmen, drovers and soldiers, persons who were much on the road, kept a bright lookout for him.

From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)

Fleets of Merchantmen are so many Squadrons of floating Shops, that vend our Wares and Manufactures in all the Markets of the World, and find out Chapmen under both the Tropicks.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph