hap

• Which thing if it should so hap, as it were well likely to mishap in me (if your Grace's benignity relieved not my oversight) it could not fail to be, during my life, a perpetual grudge and heaviness to my heart. —  The Life of Sir Thomas More
• By ill hap, the spear of Sir Bors pierced through his cousin's shield into his side, and the head of the lance broke off and remained in the wound Then Sir Lavaine, seeing his friend prone, did mightily assault Sir Mordred, who was on the other side, and hurled him to the ground; and, bringing Sir Mordred's horse to Sir Lancelot, he helped him to mount Sir Lancelot was exceeding wroth, and took a great strong spear, and smote Sir Bors, both horse and knight, to the ground; and likewise he served Sir Ector and Sir Lionel, and four other knights. —  King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys ; Girls
• And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz.... And, behold! —  Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. ; Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries.
• So the peasants foreseeing no chance of fighting against the King save with ill-hap, accepted the first choice he had offered them & embraced Christianity. —  The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade)
• And Naomi answered, "Go, my daughter And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said unto the reapers, "The Lord be with you And the reapers answered him, "The Lord bless thee." —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6

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