assay'd

At which the King assay'd to go away, but I caught hold of his Robe, beseeching him to hear me out.

Exilius 2008

Thrice he the sword assay'd, and thrice the flood;

The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

Here, too, our shepherd-pipes we first assay'd. 'line 82.

Marmion Walter Scott 1801

We have assay'd Several of the Barrels in our Small furnace which have Yielded one third Copper Whatever the rest of the Ore We have sent may do We assuredly promise

Letter from Robert Carter to Edward Athawes, September 10, 1731 1731

But dumb till that dread day when Orc assay'd his fierce embrace.

Harper's Magazine 2010

Twere better not assay'd; therefore, this project Should have a back, or second, that might hold,

The plays of William Shakespeare. In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators 1793

865: Soft words to his fierce passion she assay'd:

Paradise Lost (1667) 1667

Rosalind proposes, ” “But, cousin, what if we assay'd to steal

Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters Hudson, H N 1872