be surety for
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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
They answered, We miss the prince's cup: and unto him who shall produce it, shall be given a camel's load of corn, and I will be surety for the same.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George
“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
I will be surety for her inoffensive conduct.”
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
I will be surety for him: if I bring him not unto thee and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame forever.
From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter