affiance

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That firme affiance, quoth I, had I in you before, or else I would neuer haue gone so farre ouer the shooes, to plucke you out of the mire.

From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund

They tried to engage James to affiance Elizabeth to the Duke of Savoy's son, the Prince of Piedmont, and Henry to the Duke's daughter.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

That attachment and affiance, which ought to subsist between the dependant and his protector, are destroyed.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester

Canst thou say, in humble assurance of thine affiance in Him, “My beloved is mine, and I am His!”

From The Faithful Promiser by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

Jealousy and distrust are the bane of friendship, whose essence is esteem and affiance.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester