So did I, yestere'en, upon my knightly word, pledge her my troth, so shall she be henceforth my lady of Alain and chatelaine of divers goodly castles, manors, and demesnes.

"By my faith and my troth," quoth Robin at last, drawing a deep breath, "lad, thou artThou must not leave our company, Allan!

And should he make the Child An instrument of falsehood, should he teach her To stretch her arms, and dim the gladsome light Of infant playfulness with piteous looks Of misery that was not LACY Troth, 'tis hard

OSWALD Troth, I begin to think so.

" "Now, by my troth, I challenge any knight To say precisely what that colour is.

And with those tender words and the pitcher the bellhop had brought back we plighted our troth.

The first thing I'd do would be to have down those abominable steps over the front fence, and put a decent gate in its place; and then we would have a gravelled walk across the yard to the porch, wide enough for you and me, Robert, to walk together arm-in-arm when we would go out to look over the plantation, or stroll down to that spot on the branch, Robert, where the first plightings of our troth began.

Some bonny lass shall say I can Love you as well as any man; I will the self-same troth accord, Most gladly take her at her word; And we may just as happy prove Without the fooleries of love.

The secret heard, she plighted him her troth, (And sacred sure is every woman's oath)

But first I swore him on his knightly troth, (And here demand performance of his oath)

" "Troth," said O'Riley, gazing round towards the land, where the distant cliffs loomed black and heavy in the fading light, and out upon the floes and hummocks, where the frost-smoke from pools of open water on the horizon circled round the pinnacles of the icebergs"troth, it's a cowld place intirely to go to wan's bed in, but that fat-faced Exqueemaw seems to be settin' about it quite coolly; so here goes!"

The troth, plighted (right) and unplighted; A female volt with all her ergs in one gasket; A gloat near a patch of I-told-you-so.

Howard E. Reinheimer (E); 4Nov54; R138742. RILEY, LAURA TROTH.

Laura Troth Riley (Mrs. Woodbridge Riley) (W); 4Oct54; R136978.

SEE Riley, Laura Troth.

SEE COHN, EDWIN J. MUIR, DOROTHY TROTH.

Dorothy Troth Muir (A); 1Mar71; R502095. MULLER, MME ALBERT.

The troth, plighted (right) and unplighted; A female volt with all her ergs in one gasket; A gloat near a patch of I-told-you-so.

You plighted your troth to my guest, and I'll not see him thrown over

And when, with pomp of high degree, Your marriage vows and troth you plighted, Why, everyone was glad to see Art and Adventure thus united!

["Yes, in troth, it's a fine thing to be a republican, and have no bread to eat."

The queen of love hath made him false his troth.

Troth I am partly of your mind, Prince Prig; And therefore farewel Flanders, Higgen will seek Some safer shelter, in some other Climat, With this his tatter'd Colony: Let me see Snap, Ferret, Prig, and Higgen, all are left O' the true blood: what?

Their faith the everlasting troth; Their expectation fair; The needle to the north degree Wades so, through polar air.

Note (1) the squint, passing through two piers (very exceptional); (2) the seat-ends, one with arms and motto, Tyme tryeth troth; (3) the tomb of Sir George Sydenham (d. 1664), with his two wives beside him, and three infants (swaddled) and their nurse at his feet; (4) the brass on the N. wall to Margery Windham (d. 1585).