Sentence:  Theſe "Nimrods" (ſay they) grew great by the Strength of their Limbs and their Vices, engraved their Murthers upon their Shields, and <WSD>Hectored</WSD> all the Little and Peaceable People into Peaſantry. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To dominate or intimidate in a blustering way; to bully, to domineer.