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a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, III. (1922), 23. Like the clyent that committes the cause of all his worth to a well trusted advocate.
a. 1667. Cowley, Ess. Verse & Pr. (1906), 412 (tr. Beatus ille). How is he pleasd th encreasing Use to see Of his well trusted Labours bend the tree?
1856. Kane, Arctic Expl., II. xxiii. 233. My well-trusted friend.