fardel

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To mark if e'er I knew him?  and to crave His pity for the fardel that I bear.

From The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Volume 3 by Cary, Henry Francis

With no fardel on its own back, yet so imperious towards those who came labouring after it, Hellas, in its early freshness, looked as distant from him even then as it does from ourselves.

From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Pater, Walter

The maiden's future is a fardel upon my shoulders now, and they are not over strong.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)

Item, they took out of the foresaid ship from Roger Hood, one fardel of cloth, and one chest with diuers goods, to the value of 58. lib.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Hakluyt, Richard

His gold chain of pride he hath laid aside,   And furred gown of the scarlet red;He set on his back a fardel and pack,   And a hood on his grizzled head.

From More Bywords by Yonge, Charlotte Mary