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Provoke my rage no farther, lest I be Revenged at once upon the gods and thee.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

As for Amy Duny, 'twas Testifi'd by one Richard Spencer that he heard her say, The Devil would not let her Rest; until she were Revenged on the Wife of Cornelius Sandswel.

From The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches by Mather, Cotton

The sub-title given to the text in the Quarto edition is 'A contract Broken, Justly Revenged'.

From The Noble Spanish Soldier by Dekker, Thomas