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Forsooth, that is the cause wherefore she harried her son.
The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Since Blogger is eating posts again, Seana, would you tell the world that my "Forsooth" was in response to your "Mayhap"?
विमल, or meet Vimal, India's pulp hero Peter Rozovsky 2010
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"Forsooth," quoth I. "Fortune is merry and in this mood will give us anything."
Hacker - Death at the Member-Guest Bartlett, James Y. 2004
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"Forsooth," said John Ball, "if ye laugh not over-much now, ye shall laugh the more on the morrow of to-morrow, as ye draw nearer to the play of point and edge."
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"Forsooth," said the lady, "I should ought to know him well, for never did he anything whereof I wotted not."
Old French Romances William Morris 1865
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"Forsooth," said the Emperor, "in a good hour be it! for since it is so, it behoveth me to abide it, since no other it may be."
Old French Romances William Morris 1865
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"Forsooth," said Richard, "by the wildwood ye may ride shorter, if ye know it as I do."
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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"Forsooth," said John Ball, "if ye laugh not over-much now, ye shall laugh the more on the morrow of to-morrow, as ye draw nearer to the play of point and edge."
A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson William Morris 1865
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"Forsooth," said King Florus, "I will send word that I will be there in the month of Paske, and that she apparel her to receive such a man as I be."
Old French Romances William Morris 1865
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"Forsooth," replied he, "` ragged staffs; 'and thou wist what that meaneth."
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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