I would not have Falstaff sceptical; he must be credulous, faithfully become the ambassador of Ford to Ford's wife, and be deceived, and again deceived; he must believe himself loved of all women, of Mistress Ford, or Mistress Page, or Doll Tearsheet; he must readily be fooled, pinched, pricked, singed, ridiculously arrayed in the clothes of Mother prat.
"A Novelist on Novels"
W. L. George
I carried letters from the Chevalier du prat of Cape Town, but I am inclined to believe that my friend Cypriano was influenced by feelings of genuine kindness excited by my wretched appearance.
"The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17"
Charles Francis Horne
John prat, the secretary of the Cortes of Aragon, drew up the proposition of the representatives, and the reply of the king, to be addressed to the Pope; the chancellor of the king had done the same.
"The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII."
Juan Antonio Llorente