On the steeple many lights were burned, the Tower shot off her ordnance, the BELS were rung, bonefires made, etc."
"Old Church Lore"
William Andrews
Among his Brandenburg officers he languished for the wit and intellect of the elegant Frenchman; there was also much of the vanity of the Sovereign in this: he wished to be as much a prince of BELS esprits and philosophers as he had been a renowned General.
"Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II."
Gustav Freytag
Thy Buskins Ivory, caru'd like Shels Of Scallope, which as little BELS 250 Made hollow, with the Ayre shall Chime, And to thy steps shall keepe the time: Leaue Lalus, Lirope for me And these shall thy rich dowry be.
"Minor Poems of Michael Drayton"
Michael Drayton