Plaister or Paster—Christian Captives—Members for Calais, &c.

In editing Tyndale's *Pathway* (*Works*, vol. i. p. 22.), I allowed preceding editors to induce me to print *pastor*, where the oldest authority had *paster*. As the following part of the sentence speaks of "suppling and suaging wounds," I am inclined to suspect that "paster" might be an old way of spelling, "plaster." Can any of your correspondents supply me with any instance in which "plaster" or "plaister" is spelt "paster" by any old English writer? In return for troubling you with this question, you may inform Mr. Sansom, in answer to Query, Vol. ii., p. 41., that Hallam says, "Not less t…