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Then, he said, Pocahontas — Powhatan’s daughter — came to his rescue and “got his head in her armes, and laid her owne upon his to save him from death.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2019

My naem is Dan, I owne this teem That seems to lak Som selfe esteem.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2017

“I am very glad of it,” the black man told a local clerk, “now I know myne owne ground and I will worke when I please and play when I please.”

From Slate • May 18, 2015

A good WYF was ther, Mr. Mitchell's owne, Wel koude she carp upon hir telephone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Casting the times with their strong signes, Death's master his owne death divines: Strugling for helpe, his best hope is Herod's suspition may heale his.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard