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So the carle goes his ways alone, and will be one night at Bullmeads and two at Eastcheaping, and then another at Bullmeads, and be back on the fifth day.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

"So be it," said the carle; and he sat him down by the way-side, and pulled out victuals and wine from his scrip and fell to dining.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

My uncle, a gruff and worldly-minded, but shrewd carle, arranged and managed everything, and took me home with him, the day after the double funeral.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 by Various

Thou art swift-foot indeed," said the carle, "but belike thou shalt not often again run so fast as thou hast e'en now.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

Now," said the carle, "I shall make no mystery of it, but shall tell thee at once that that same man was the brother of the master whom now I serve.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May