Crossword-Solution: PREV 4 letters, 10 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Down there in Hermosy there was a feller made a stake out'n a silver prospect, and he takes it into his head to go back to Nebrasky and hunt up his wife, that he'd run off and left some time prev'ous.

And it iz not onli in tounz and kountiz that th[i]z pekiuliaritiz prev[e]l; ther ar serten w[u]rdz hwich w[u]n famili pronoúnsez diferentli from an[u]ther; and ther ar beseidz the st[u]did and [u]nst[u]did pekiuliaritiz ov individiual sp[i]kerz.

They sent off a deputation to quiet Paris, at the head of which was the Marquis de La Fayette, who had, the same morning, been named Commandant en chef of the Milice Bourgeoise; and Monsieur Bailly, former President of the States General, was called for as Prevôt des Marchands.

The Grandfather of this Prelate was the first of the Family that was of any Eminence; he had been Treasurer of the War-Office, and _Prevôt des Marchands_ of the City of _Paris_; his Grandfather _Nicolas de la Neuville_ had been Secretary of State, and his Father _Charles de la Neuville_ was the first of the Family who had a Title of Honour, which was that of Marquis _d’Alincourt_, Sieur _de Villeroi_, an Estate which _Peter le Gendre_ Treasurer of _France_, had given to his Grandfather.

The Person who commands in the Absence of the Duke _de Villeroi_, Governor of the City, is the _Prevôt des Marchands_, which is so much the worse for any Foreigner that comes Post; for he is carried to his House, and as strictly examin’d as if he was a Prisoner at the Bar.