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—Poet, s. of a ropemaker, was b. at Saffron Walden, ed. at Camb., and became the friend of Spenser, being the Hobbinol of The Shepheard's Calendar.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

Upon her return, she married a merchant ropemaker, whence her sobriquet—La Belle Cordi�re.

From Women of Modern France by Thieme, Hugo P. (Hugo Paul)

Hazen to Crocker, a ropemaker of Newburyport, to be worked up for the schooners Polly and Wilmot, the sloop Bachelor and the sloop Peggy & Molly.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

What the ropemaker told him to do wasn’t very nice, and they had a set-to.

From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Coffin, Charles Carleton

For the poor ropemaker, however, a struggling weaver and for the two gentlemen, Sa'd and Sa'dÝ, three rich students are substituted.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir