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c1422 T. Hoccleve Jereslaus' Wife Moral. The howndes, þat is to seyn, the wikkid thoghtes, alway berken, & maken swich instigacioun.

1512 Helyas (W. de W.) 1 Here begynneth the hystory of the noble Helyas knyght of the swanne newly translated out of frensshe in to englysshe at thynstygacyon of the puyssaunt & illustryouse prynce lorde Edwarde duke of Buckyngham.

1520 Chron. Eng. iii. f. 26/1 It was denyed hym..by the instygacyon of a lord called Pompei.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 362 Alexander..by instigation of wine, and Thais his Concubine,..burned this sometime-Treasure-house of Persia.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 405 This tirrible Warr, begun doubtlesse at seacret instigation of the French &c to weaken the States, & Protestant Interest.

1762 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 181 I should not have accused the Devil, because..hunger, without the addition of his instigations, might have urged them to do this.

1843 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Crit. & Hist. Ess. III. 135 Chunda Sahib fell into the hands of the Mahrattas, and was put to death, at the instigation probably of his competitor, Mahommed Ali.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 293 That this foul deed was done..by the instigation of his step-mother.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Kiii^v Which illusion and peryllous instigacion, as sone as it was detected & brought to lyght..anone it auoyded & was defeted.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 49 Speake, strike, redresse. Brutus, thou sleep'st: awake. Such instigations haue beene often dropt, Where I haue tooke them vp. View more context for this quotation

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 148. ⁋3 When I have seen a young Lady swallow all the Instigations of high Soups, seasoned Sauces, and forced Meats.

1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness ii. 18 The good instigations which from time to time visit your heart.