ay.

Peace Conference; and not regarding this as a test vote, I vote "ay."

A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 1862

Mr. GARNETT: -- Mr. Speaker, intending and desiring to express my abhorrence of these insidious propositions, conceived in fraud and born of cowardice, by giving a direct vote against them, yet from respect for the conference which reported them, I am willing to receive them, and therefore now vote "ay."

A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 1862

"Ay, my lord, in these things wise men are spectators, not actors; wise men look on, and say 'ay.'"

Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2) Herman Melville 1855

'My boat's among them boats here at the cause'ay.'

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

Which they would have the profferer construe 'ay.'

The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1594

Which they would have the profferer construe 'ay.'

Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590