Alife

Saffron loueth a-life to be trampled and trod vpon.

A busie fellow loveth a-life to step secretly into a house.

Fla[via]. Come, Sir Pergamus, till your horse come, you and I'll go play at shuttle-cock. / Per[gamus]. A match i'faith. I love that sport a' life. Yet my mother charged me not to use it for fear of putting my arm out of joint.