After these two were gone Sir W. Wheeler and Sir John petters came on board and staid about two or three hours, and so went away.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
The petters spread the story about through the whole quarter.
"Invisible Links"
Selma Lagerlof
The three petters had considered it before as a nest of iniquity, full of cruelty and tyranny.
"Invisible Links"
Selma Lagerlof