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Who left his spouse betroth'd, and unconsummate night.
The Aeneid English 70 BC-19 BC Virgil
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-- Sayde 'twas Love made him so Rude & Boysterous he was privilie betroth'd to his Cozen, Angelica Robertes, she whose Father lives at Islipp, & colde not containe Himselfe for Joye.
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) Nathaniel Parker Willis 1875
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Was she not betroth'd in her babyhood to the Great
Queen Mary and Harold Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850
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“Fast chain'd before thee? uncle! spouse betroth'd!
The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II 43 BC-18? Ovid
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1732: Suruiues; to whom (thy selfe art witnesse) 1733: I am betroth'd; and art thou not asham'd
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