Similar phenomena, which promote a guild-like closure of officialdom, are typically found in the patrimonial and, particularly, in prebendal officialdom of the past.

There was word of the procurator fiscal taking note of his doings, and troth, if they had continued long he must have fled the country.

So [after the tsunami], once again Hideaki navigated his way through the Atlantean city, picking his way through crumbling wreckage, splintered wood, and shredded metal to find his elderly mother.

I know not where is that promethian heate, That can thy light relumine