be surety for
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“Ay,” replied the baes, “if someone will be surety for you.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
Oh, as to him, I'm not afraid of him," returned the keeper; "but will you be surety for the fifty boys that'll only make game of me if I don't make an example of him?
From Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by MacDonald, George
He answered, "Yes, O Commander of the Faithful, I will be surety for him for three days."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
So the merchant procured one to be surety for him, and they let him go.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
"I will be surety for them," he said briefly.
From The Lord of Dynevor by Everett-Green, Evelyn