Or shall we say that these histories are nothing more than compilations of old traditions, and abridgements of old records, made in later times, as they appear to every one who reads them without prepossession and with attention?
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh
He was joined with Thomas Wight in a patent for printing abridgements of the Statutes in 1599, and later with John Bill in a share of the Royal printing-house.
"A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898"
Henry R. Plomer
It was far from being the ideal arrangement, both parents admitted that, but like a great many other abridgements and changes in the domestic routine, it worked.
"Undertow"
Kathleen Norris