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Quoth she, "To - day I am invited by this man: wilt thou wend with us?" and quoth he, "Yes." then said she, "Thou hast brought me hither against my will and parforce.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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116 THE CRONYCLE OF FROISSART. on you; for if ye be taken parforce, there is no remedy but dethe.
Sir John Froissart's chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany, Flanders, and the adjoining countries; Berners, John Bourchier, Lord, 1466 or 7-1533, tr 1812
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