1590?, Morice, A Briefe Treatise of Oathes Exacted by Ordinaries and Ecclesiasticall Iudges, to Answere Generallie to All Such Articles or Interrogatories, as Pleaseth Them to Propound. And of Their Forced and Constrained Oathes Ex Officio, Wherein Is Proued That the Same Are Vnlawfull., So that if a man be excÅmunicate in any of their Courts for a thing which apperteyneth to the Royal Maiest. that is to say (sayeth that booke) in a matter of the common lawe, the partie excommunicate shall haue a premunire facias, and so was it adjudged.
Shakespeare Merry Wives Q1|act=IV|scene=v|page=55|passage=The diuell take the one partie, And his dam the other, And theyle be both beſtovved.
1598, Lancelot Andrewes, sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Giles without Cripplegate, London
Pliny Holland Historie of the World|tome=1|book=VI|chapter=The Iland Taprobane|page=131|passage=Then are there 70 judges deputed to ſit upon his cauſe; and if it happen that they aſſoile and quit this partie condemned: then thoſe 30 vvho condemned him, are diſplaced from their ſtate and dignitie, vvith a moſt bitter and greevous rebuke, and for ever after, as diſgraced perſons live in ſhame and infamie.
Montaigne Florio Essayes|book=II|chapter=Of Anger and Choller|page=413|passage=I likewiſe blame thoſe who being angry, will brave and mutinie when the partie with whome they are offended is not by.
1607, William Barlow, A Brand, Titio Erepta., Now Indignation is a fire, ſaith the Prophet, it will vexe the partie whom it malignes, as fire vexeth the rawe fleſh in the roſting or boyling.
1630, John Smith, True Travels, The Bashaw notwithstanding drew together a partie of five hundred before his owne Pallace, where he intended to die ….
