"To him in a body the Ryots complain'd
That their houses were burnt, and their cattle distrain'd."
The Letters of Simpkin the Second, &c. 11.
1790.—"A raiyot is rather a farmer than a husbandman."—Colebrooke, in Life, 42.
1809.—"The ryots were all at work in their fields."—Lord Valentia, ii. 127.
1813.—
"And oft around the cavern fire
On visionary schemes debate,
To snatch the Rayahs from their fate."
Byron, Bride of Abydos.