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c. 1449.  Pecock, Repr., III. viii. 331. Weel proued men in leernyng and in lyuyng. Ibid., V. x. 537. For such pretendid and weel proued causis.

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1590.  Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 17. His well proued weapons.

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c. 1611.  Chapman, Iliad, XII. 357. The well-prou’d mightie Lycian Chiefs.

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1717.  Pope, Iliad, X. 309. A well-’provd casque, with leather braces bound.

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