Citations:covenant

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English citations of covenant

1485
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  • 1485Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter xxi, leaf 361r
    And as they wold haue landed they sawe the shyp wherein Percyual had putte his syster in Truly sayd Percyual in the name of god wel hath my syster holden vs couenaunt.
    "And as they would have landed they saw the ship wherein Percivale had put his sister in. Truly, said Percivale, in the name of God, well hath my sister holden us covenant."
1678
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  • 1678John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
    Now I saw in my dream, that Christian went not forth alone, for there was one whose name was Hopeful (being made so by the beholding of Christian and Faithful in their words and behaviour, in their sufferings at the fair), who joined himself unto him, and, entering into a brotherly covenant, told him that he would be his companion.