Mistress (?.)

In the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Nelson gave orders for boarding the "San Josef," exclaiming "Westminster Abbey, or victory!"

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805): Life of Nelson (Southey). Vol. i. p. 93.

And mistress of herself though china fall.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 268.

Such, mistress, such Nan,

Such master, such man.

Thomas Tusser (Circa 1515-1580): Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. April's Abstract.

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