And in his bed lay this his troth-plight wife.

AMIN'TOR, a young nobleman, the troth-plight husband of Aspatia, but by the king's command he marries Evad'ne (3 syl.).

Ame'lia, in Thomson's Seasons, a beautiful, innocent young woman, overtaken by a storm while walking with her troth-plight lover, Cel'adon, "with equal virtue formed, and equal grace.

Let me entreat ye, madam, not to fear, For, by the honesty of Little John, It's but a tragic scene we have in hand, Only to fit the humour of the queen, Who is the chiefest at your troth-plight feast.

As home they are brought, all dripping and cold, To all who their piteous plight behold, The worst of the story is plainly told Their parents were disobeyed!

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She is the troth-plight bride of Selim; but Giaffer shoots the lover, and Zuleika dies of a broken heart.

When venial crimes in Love's gay spring, Prompt the youthful Female's sigh; When her roses all take wing, And Matrons sage her plight descry; Blushing, weeping, she'll confess The fault her faded cheeks discover: But, to make her crime the less, Imputes an outrage to her Lover.