> as lemmas

1386 in D. Macpherson et al. Rotuli Scotiae (1819) II. 85/2 It is accordit..That ferme trewes abstinence of were and special assurance sal be bytwix thaym.

1419 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 75 (MED) Duryng the abstinence of werr of viij dayys.

1469 W. Writtle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 431 I sent you a bill which concludith an abstinence of werre to be had vnto Fryday last was.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 25 (MED) Undre the umbre and coloure of trewes and abstinence of werre.

1517 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 37/2 The abstinence of Were..concludit be ȝowre Grace.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1812/2 Monday the .xvij. of June about eight of the clocke, an abstinence of warre was concluded.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 308 Be the tennour heirof sueris and promeissis ane cessatioun and abstinence from hostilitie.

a1643 J. Borough Soveraignty Brit. Seas (1651) 74 All Neighbour Princes have by treatie obtained licence for their Subjects to fish in our seas. As in a truce, and abstinence of war agreed betweene Henry the fourth, and the French.

1726 G. Crawfurd Lives Officers Crown & State Scotl. 325/2 He signs himself Camerarius Scotiæ in a Letter which the Regent and the Parliament of Scotland wrote to the King of England anent a Cessation and Abstinence from War.

1767 tr. in W. Guthrie Gen. Hist. Scotl. IV. 75 He should not grant another safe-conduct during the abstinence or truce.

1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. lvi. 363 The truce or abstinence..was continued by short additions to the end of the year.