c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., III. xi. 98. Acordynge to hyr nature in conservacioun of hyr beynge and endurynge.
1413. Lydg., Pilgr. Sowle, V. i. (1859), 73. Seculum is taken for the endurynge of the world.
1603. Knolles, Hist. Turkes (1638), 103. The induring of a long siege.
1659. Pearson, Creed, 469. The Descent into Hell is not the enduring the torments of Hell.
1684. Bunyan, Pilgr., II. 114. His Faith, his Courage, his Enduring, and his Sincerity under all, has made his Name Famous.
