[Lat.], ill betide, woe betide; confusion seize!,

Evil betide the day when that discreet and affluent youth should be lost to the colony!

"And hence their quiet looks confiding, Hence grateful instincts seated deep, By whose strong bond, were ill betiding, They'd risk their own his life to keep.

" "Say, my page, what means this singing? Notes so sad, some ill betide;" "In the village, crowds are bringing From the chapel, home a bride.