1611. Chapman, Iliad, X. 396/139. He hung them vp aloft, vpon a Tamricke bow, As eyefull Trophies.
1876. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v., ‘He’s varry eeful ower his brass,’ he is careful in laying out his money. ‘Be eeful,’ mind what you are about.
1611. Chapman, Iliad, X. 396/139. He hung them vp aloft, vpon a Tamricke bow, As eyefull Trophies.
1876. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v., ‘He’s varry eeful ower his brass,’ he is careful in laying out his money. ‘Be eeful,’ mind what you are about.
