human
Not a man _but_ was slain, there seems to be merely an ellipsis of the personal pronoun. So when it signifies _only_ there is an ellipsis of the negative; for
gpt
We have _but_ five loaves (Matt. xiv. 17) is in A.S.
human
We _n_abbð her _buton_ fif hlafas; and at the present day a peasant would say
gpt
We have_n't but_ five loaves. I therefore, in 1 H. IV. v. 3, read in my Edition for
human
There is not
gpt
There is not _but_. To my great surprise I have not been able to meet an exact parallel in any play or other work. We say
human
There is _not_ a man _but_ one, etc., and
gpt
I can_not but_ say,
human
It is in his buttons