prox.

I hope to find you with coffers full, and commercial honour untainted, on the 31st of February prox.

Ex graui querela capti & detenti in prisona nostra de Creplegate, prox.

That there's the northwest corner—ap-prox'm'tley—close as I could come by sightin'.

It meant, "We shall be able to dispense with your services on the —— prox."