'Cor blast, Tovell, you don't half talk some squit at times!' exclaimed Ted Carter. ‘Squit! It's the gospel truth. […] ’

The label, we are to understand, fixed gaymen in a “phase.”

Seruice is social culture for everyone.

They would then be officially registered by edicts of the King in that special process, the lit de justice (which could also be used to enforce edicts that the Parlement resisted).