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[…] Lord Ker [William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian] lifted his men ere yesterday at Kelso, and if captain or soldier know anything, Leslie will be with them on Friday, but he thinks they know no certainty of the depth of their resolution, only Leslie and their Council of War; […]

1640 July 25 (date written; Gregorian calendar), William Fenwick, “Vol. CCCCLX. 14. Sir William Fenwick to Sir John Digby.”, in William Douglas Hamilton, editor, Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I. 1640. […], London: Longmans & Co., […]; Trübner & Co., […], published 1880, →OCLC, page 480

Friday laſt (ere yeſterday) Cardinal Mazarine came to receive and confer vvith her upon all the demands, motions, and articles ſhe vvould propound; […]

1644 December 14 (date written; Gregorian calendar), M. O. Hertegan, “No. CCCXLVI. M. O. Hertigan to the Supreme Council of Kilkenny.”, in A Collection of Letters, Written by the Kings Charles I. and II. the Duke of Ormonde, the Secretaries of State, the Marquess of Clanricarde, and Other Great Men, during the Troubles of Great Britain and Ireland. […], volume III, London: […] J. J. and P. Knapton, […]; G. Strahan, […]; W. Innys and R. Manby, […]; F. Giles, […]; and T. Wotton, […], published 1735, →OCLC, page 361

VVherefore have ye not completed your ſet vvork (or, your task) in making of bricks, as formerly, [Heb[rew] as yeſterday, ere yeſterday] ſo alſo yeſterday and to day?

1657, “The Second Book of Moseh, Called Exodus. Chap[ter] V. [Verse 14.]”, in Theodore Haak, transl., The Dutch Annotations upon the Whole Bible: Or, All the Holy Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, […], London: […] Henry Hills, for John Rothwell, Joshua Kirton, and Richard Tomlins, →OCLC, signature M2, verso, column 2

Your conduct is as unaccountable as it is inexcusable. If you were engaged elsewhere, why write me word ere yesterday, that you would be happy to become my son-in-law?

1853 (date written), Mrs. John [i.e., Mary] Winter, Where there’s a Will there’s a Way; or, The Old Family Name. An Old-fashioned Irish Comedy in Three Acts, […], Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co. […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., […], published 1886, →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 36

["]Ere yesterday," his choler rising at the mere recollection, "you picked every wan of the best Glory of John roses (Gloire de Dijon), and gave them to the lame girl at The Cross. Ye ought to be ashamed of yourself! See now!"

1883, B[ithia] M[ary] Croker, “My Fate is Fixed”, in Pretty Miss Neville. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 115