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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11083 Sir Zachari þai did call forth.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 33 (MED) So was Ponthus called furth.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xxiv. 2 When Paul was called forth, Tartullus began to accuse him.

1558 Bp. T. Watson Holsome Doctr. Seuen Sacramentes xvi. f. xcvii^v Men were called forth before the kinge and some should be accompted worthye prayse and honor, and other wyth shame, rebuke, and confusyon.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. ii. 14 Call forth your Actors, by the scrowle. View more context for this quotation

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 649 Calling forth by name His mightie Angels. View more context for this quotation

1787 Ann. Reg. 1784–5 Chron. 278/1 I was called forth as your representative, in support of revolutional principles.

1794 J. Byng Diary 12 May in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 16 I accomplish'd an intention..of calling forth 2 chosen bands of Cheshire Militia—to exhibit..their country game of prisoners bars.

1808 W. Scott Marmion iv. xxxii. 222 Or..call The burghers forth to watch and ward, 'Gainst southern sack and fires to guard.

1836 R. P. Smith Actress of Padua I. 105 I would do it again to-morrow,..though with the certainty of being called forth the next moment to render an account upon the scaffold.

1909 J. H. Lane Birth of Liberty xviii. 154 He who could call forth an army in a day lies stiffening in the room below.

2001 Jrnl. Asian Martial Arts 10 No. 4. 14 A banquet is prepared and boxing instructors..are called forth to demonstrate on an open stage.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 85 Pacience thy setled minde dothe guide and stere, Silence and shame with many resteth there. Till time thy mother list them forth to call, Happy is he that may enioye them all.

1631 E. Reynolds Three Treat. ii. 132 The presence of an enemie doth actuate, and call forth that malice which lay habitually in the heart before.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 111 The Western Winds..Call forth the tender Grass. View more context for this quotation

1713 A. Pope Ess. Crit. (ed. 2) 33 And call new Beauties forth from ev'ry Line.

1713 A. Pope Prol. to Cato in Guardian No. 33. He..calls forth Roman Drops from British Eyes.

1771 E. Granan tr. M. Vida Christiad v. 203 All call forth their strength; with blows groans the oak, And the supine hill ecchoes with each stroke.

1802 E. Forster tr. Arabian Nights V. 431 He then called forth his courage, and went up.

1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs III. iii. 64 Lady Mar..called forth every art of the toilet to embellish her still fine person.

1863 J. H. Burton Book-hunter (ed. 2) 87 The auction room..calls forth courage, promptness, and the spirit of adventure.

1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xii. 187 ‘Astonishing!.. What sort of shape can she think her body is?’ This remark was called forth by a lady who came past them, waddling rather than walking.

1977 New Scientist 31 Mar. 781/2 The black-ballers..called forth the wrath of the president by rejecting six out of nine candidates for the fellowship.

2001 R. Holloway Doubts & Love xiv. 217 He had an intrinsic authority that called forth voluntary assent from people.