Why, thou cowardly knave, no stronger than a duck, Barest thou try Masteries with me a-pluck.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley
And ever Sir Launcelot would give him gold to spend, and clothes, and so did Sir Gawaine, and where there were any Masteries done, thereat would he be, and there might none cast bar nor stone to him by two yards.
"Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table"
Thomas Malory
And if a man also strive for Masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
"Daisy in the Field"
Elizabeth Wetherell