sicken

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And thou be sicke, my own wed-lord, Soe sore it grieveth me:70 But my five maydens and myselfe Will make the bedde for thee.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

So soone as he heard of their comming, he got himselfe to bed, faining to bee very sicke.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

So that when he came to see hir, either she was sicke, or hir affaires were sutch, as she could not kepe hym company: or else hir gate was shut vpon him.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William

Yet they left all ther sicke folke hear till they were setled and housed.

From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William

Thy horse is sicke, whether wilt thou sende for a leche at the good word of thy friend, or for his cũning in lechcraft.

From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard