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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 887 As for wisdom, it is in Grece, Wher is apropred thilke spiece.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 761 Thow mayst wel haue thy lady, as for me.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 455 (MED) Her chaleng and blamyng..muste needis be had as for vniust and vntrewe.

1476 R. Cely Let. 28 Oct. in Cely Lett. (1975) 8 And as for the tother ij, dar not schew ther heddys, and as for Thomas Myller wyll do nothyng in thys mater byt as my father and ȝe wyll awys hym.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxlvi. [ccxlii.] 756 As for these townes wyll neuer tourne frenche, for they can nat lyue in their daunger.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxi. 6 But as for me, I am a worme and no man: a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iii. sig. F.iiij Let him keepe him there still..As for his labour hither he shall spende in wast.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccix. 184 As for herbes and fruites especially rawe, at all times are to be refused.

1681 A. Storer Let. 18 Apr. in I. Newton Corr. (1960) II. 369 As for ye Longitude of this place I suppoase it to be about 75 days from London Westwardly.

1747 J. Wesley Let. 22 Dec. (1931) II. 113 As for fasting, abstinence, and self-denial, you..trampled it under-foot.

1872 Field Q. Mag. Nov. 252/2 As for you, sir, your punishment is to come, and it will be terrible.

1965 New Statesman 9 Apr. 567/1 As for the public schools, you can't even suggest that the grammar schools be merged with the comprehensives without losing all the marginal seats in Bristol.

2003 K. Hosseini Kite Runner (2004) xiii. 147 Amir jan, as for you, I welcome you to my home as a son, as the husband of my daughter who is the noor of my eye.