Jump to content

Citations:duress

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
1485
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.
  • 1485Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII, Chapter xii, leaf 314v
    And anone as he was vnarmed a good man cam and sette hym doune by hym / and sayd syre I shall telle yow what betokeneth alle that ye sawe in the Tombe / for that couerd body betokeneth the duresse of the world and the grete synne that oure lord fond in the world /
    "And anon as he was unarmed a good man came and set him down by him and said: Sir, I shall tell you what betokeneth all that ye saw in the tomb; for that covered body betokeneth the duresse of the world, and the great sin that Our Lord found in the world."