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c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1163 Naught was forgeten by the Infortune of Marte.

1579 T. Lupton Thousand Notable Things iv. 91 If thou dost finde the Moone seperate from Infortunes, (that is from an euyll Planette, or from an Infortunate Planette) tell him that his going is better then his tarying.

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 81 Saturn out of all dignities..and Venus in the South-angle elevated above him..and free from the malevolent beams of infortunes.

1651 N. Culpeper Astrol. Judgm. Dis. (1658) 108 If the sign the Lord of the sixth possesseth, especially if he be an infortune, or a fortune infortunated.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. vi. 16 The Dragons Tail is..an Infortune signifying Mischiefs, Scandals, Shame.

1726 S. Penseyre New Guide Astrol. 167 An Infortune in the tenth or fourth House from the Ascendant of the Question, obscures the Matter or Things quesited after.

1788 H. Clarke School Candidates i. 11 On investigating the Seventh House of the Horoscope,..old Saturn, that malevolent and greater Infortune, [was] found therein.

1830 T. Oxley Celestial Planispheres 208 The lord of the first in the eighth, being naturally an Infortune and afflicted besides, &c. shews a violent Death.

1881 R. A. Proctor Poetry of Astron. viii. 278 Saturn, the greater Infortune, as Mars himself is the lesser Infortune, of Astrological systems.

1917 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 17 Oct. 10/6 Another set of ‘infortunes’ in affliction hold sway on this day, making it hazardous to make changes.

1930 PMLA 45 142 The planet Venus appeases the wrath of the infortune, Mars.

2003 Swiss News (Nexis) 1 Aug. 35 Whoever has been spared by Saturn—the Greater Infortune—might still become the prey of his smaller companion named Mars, the Lesser Infortune.