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 Noli me Tan’gere.Nolle Pros’equi [Don’t prosecute] 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Noll.
 
Old Noll. Oliver Cromwell was so called by the Royalists. Noll is a familiar contraction of Oliver—i.e. Ol’ with an initial liquid.   1
 


 Noli me Tan’gere.Nolle Pros’equi [Don’t prosecute] 

 
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