2 Verbs to Use for the Word hard

But whether god or fortune made him bold Its hard to read: yet hardie will he had To overcome, that made him lesse adrad*.

And the Maid to stand very quiet, now that I did keep her from coming unto me; and her head did be something bent, so that I knew not whether I did mayhap have flogged her over-hard; for I did be something lacking in knowledge whether that a maid be very easy hurt.

2 Verbs to Use for the Word  hard