vexed
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Then fell he new to crie and vexe himselfe, Vntill a man from Cleopatra came, Who said from hir he had commaundement To bring him to hir to the monument.
From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney
Pardon mee that I binde and vexe my selfe more then a willow Garland.
From Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame by Dallington, Robert
You but vexe your selfe brother And vex your studie too.
From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by Fletcher, John
Suer tys so, And it will vexe the noble palladyne Above the heyghte of madnes; nay, beleiv't T'will chaunge opynion to a constant faythe Of hys extreame mysfortunes.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Can tinne, or hot iron choose but hisse againe, if cold water be cast on it? can a righteous soul choose but vexe it selfe at open evill?
From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Ward, Samuel
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