foison
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This dragon hath two horrid heads, For forage and for foison; The one's all jaw, and devouring maw, Whilst the other breathes forth poison.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 by Various
‘Nay,’ said Face-of-god, ‘though I have marvelled whence ye gat such foison of silver.’
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
When we were come to Cyprus," says Joinville, Histoire de Saint Louis, §§ 72, 73, "we found there greate foison of the Kynge's purveyance.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh
I have foison of this year's fleeces with me.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
The king, dear son, so good and wise, Has gone from earth and gained the skies, Leaving to thee, her rightful lord, This rich wide land with foison stored.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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