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For yf ye were suche fyfty as ye be / ye were not able to make resystence ageynst this deuyl / here lyeth a duchesse deede the whiche was the fayrest of alle the world wyf to syre Howel / duc of Bretayne / he hath murthred her in forcynge her / and has slytte her vnto the nauyl

And I pray you for my sake to force yourselff there, that men may speke you worshyp.

Captain Edward Carlisle[…]felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze,[…]; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.

Shall wee force the general law of nature, which in all living creatures under heaven is seene to tremble at paine?

It stuck so fast, so deeply buried lay / That scarce the victor forced the steel away.

The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.

To force a lock.

Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.

VVhat can the Church force more?

Were they not forc’d with thoſe that ſhould be ours, / We might haue met them darefull, beard to beard, / And beate them backward home.

For me, I force not argument a straw.