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I, well considering my unfriendly part, Bethought me how to reconcile my self Unto my hearts endeared Constantine; And seeing him carried to the prison, we Followed, and found meanes for their libertie.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

A grave and learned Senior, who Practised astrology, Bethought him by his lucky stars He passing rich would be.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

Which fear so grew in me, I hither fled, Under the covering of a careful night, Who seem'd my good protector; and, being here, Bethought me what was past, what might succeed.

From Pericles by Shakespeare, William

Now, being closely plied with questions, I Bethought me of a little psalter which I carried from the cloister when I fled.

From Demetrius by Schiller, Friedrich

The shepherd, at such warning, of his flock Bethought him, and he to himself would say, The winds are now devising work for me!

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David