provocatus

You have heard what the devil can do of himself, now you shall hear what he can perform by his instruments, who are many times worse (if it be possible) than he himself, and to satisfy their revenge and lust cause more mischief, Multa enim mala non egisset daemon, nisi provocatus a sagis, as [1252] Erastus thinks; much harm had never been done, had he not been provoked by witches to it.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

'Subisectio nona' -- 'here is the very case set forth, "An in hello publico provocatus ad duellum privatae amicitiae causa declinare possit," in which the learned Fleming layeth it down that a man's private honour must give way to the good of the cause.

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

[8] Ego autem quem timeam lectorem, cum ad te ne Graecis quidem cedentem in philosophia audeam scribere? quamquam a te ipso id quidem facio provocatus gratissimo mihi libro, quem ad me de virtute misisti.

Original Signal - Transmitting Digg 2009

Coelo regiuibis, indeque tonitru in hcc infinu» cum/ueris ad juftam provocatus iram, vibrabit.

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Horace, Ludovicus Desprez, André Dacier 1793

Si vohtptatie caufa cum Gallo apud Anlenem depugnavit provocatus, - & ex ejus fpolils fibi & tor - quem & cognomen 4nduit, ullam aliam obi caufam, nifi quod ei talia fafta digna vira videbantur; fortem non puto.

M. Tvllii Ciceronis Opera qvae svpersvnt omnia secvndvm optimae novissimasqve editiones ... 1786

Utinam provocatus benefico Tuo animO) mutuum reddere poflcm!

Collectio epistolarvm quas ad viros illustres et clarissimos scriptsit Carolus a Linné. Accedunt opuscula pro et contra virum immortalem scripta, extra sueciam rarissima 1792