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John Shakespeare was imprisoned in Colchester gaol as a perturbator of the King's peace, March 3rd, 4 Richard II.,

From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)

Man's life is a mull, at the best; And the patent perturbator pills are like bullets of lead in my chest.

From The Heptalogia by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

“And a perturbator of the Queen’s peace, Aunt Rachel!”

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah