instigation

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He writes against the Minister, by whose Instigation he is arrested, and moves himself by habeas corpus into the Fleet.

From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Now think you, that I am so unwise, as to take so long a Journey upon me, only by the Instigation of a foolish Dream!

From Folklore as an Historical Science by Gomme, George Laurence