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a1625 J. Fletcher Humorous Lieut. iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) 131/1 If all the Arts that are can make a Chollique, Therefore look to't: or if imposthumes, marke me, As big as Foot-bals.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 40 I me old you say Yes parlous old Kidds and you mark me well.

1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iii. i. 21 But if some crabbed Virtue turn and pinch 'em, Mark me, they'l run..and howl for Mercy.

1717 S. Centlivre Cruel Gift iii. iii. 37 Then mark me well, my Brother is thy Pris'ner, Let him escape, and I'm for ever thine.

1766 G. Cockings Conquest Canada v. i. 56 But mark me well Sir, shou'd they downward bend Their Course, [etc.].

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. ii. 123 Mark me well.

1837 E. Howard Old Commodore I. v. [vi] 210 Mark you me, Mr. Alsop, mark you me. We have done our duty, sir.

1897 B. Stoker Dracula xii. 163 It will be much difference, mark me, whether she dies conscious or in her sleep.

1911 J. London Mexican in Sat. Evening Post 19 Aug. 6/2 He is a patriot—mark me, the greatest patriot of us all.

1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold vii. 96 Mark me, 'twould be perfectly feasible for me to give you the slip.

1997 C. Barker in D. E. Winter Revelations i. iii. 10 Mark me, though this wretched appetite is only confessed by hysterics.