Astonied, stunned.

The rest Wond'ring at his stout heart, astonied stand To see him offer thus himself to death.

So in "Euphues and his England," p. 102"Philautus, astonied at this speech," &c.

And again, in the "Fable of Jeronimi," by G. Gascoigne, p. 209: "When Ferdinando (somewhat astonied with hir strange speech) thus answered."

And in "Thieves Falling Out," &c., 1615, by Rob. Greene: "The gentleman, astonied at this strange metamorphosis of his mistress." [80] Sprent is sprinkled.

When some Beloveds, 'neath whose eyelids lay The sweet lights of my childhood, one by one Did leave me dark before the natural sun, And I astonied fell, and could not pray, A thought within me to myself did say, "Is God less God that thou art left undone? Rise, worship, bless Him!

Isaac then was greatly abashed and astonied, and marvelled more than can be thought credible.

When Esau heard these words of his father, he cried with a great cry, and was sore astonied and said: Father, I pray thee bless me also.

And they were all astonied: What is this that God hath done to us?

And it shall be a fable and proverb, and thy house an example shall be to all people; every man that shall go thereby shall be abashed and astonied, and shall say: Why hath God done thus to this land and to thy house?

Which when Raguel heard he was astonied and abashed, knowing what had fallen to seven men that tofore had wedded her, and dreaded lest it might happen to this young man in likewise.

He was astonied beyond measure at the number of the eagles and their eyries, at the clamour and the shrilling of their cries.

Who, what they cannot say, talk in their looks; You have made us up, but as misfortune's books, Whom other men may read in, when presently, Task'd by yourself, you are not, like a thief, Astonied, being accus'd, but scorch'd with grief.

Which when Arachne saw, as overlaid * And mastered with workmanship so rare, She stood astonied long, ne ought gainesaid; And with fast fixed eyes on her did stare, 340 And by her silence, signe of one dismaid, The victorie did yeeld her as her share;

Then all astonied with this mighty ghoast, An hideous bodie, big and strong, I sawe, With side* long beard, and locks down hanging loast**, Sterne face, and front full of Satúrnlike awe;

1, astonied, Q. astoined.

If there be any that hath any desire to goe into those partes of India, let him not be astonied at the troubles that I haue passed: because I was intangled in many things: for that I went very poore from Venice with 1200.

They answering each to each thus talked; but thereon with headlong haste of mules and polished car came Pelias; and he was astonied when he gazed on the plain sign of the single sandal on the right foot.

To have a day in Lord Minchampstead's preserves, and to be baulked of it in this way!" John Briggs stood as one astonied.

Her death was the cause that oftentimes he dwelt astonied, thinking of it, even as a man bereft of sense.

When Guillardun heard these tidings she was astonied beyond measure, and for joy and pity wept right tenderly.

" When the Count heard this adventure he was sore astonied, and altogether cast down.

And then there was splendidly English Frank Aylett, exile returned, unspoilt by the cynicism of party and paper, whose fortune came to him just at the psychological moment, enabling him to give his proprietor notice and fight and win a by-election in the astonied man's own constituency, besides carrying off his daughter (Miss VIOLA TREE), who was the fifth of the right sort.