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1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Richard Dk. York f. lix^v He thought it best by politik procuraunce, To prive the kyng, and so restore his frend.

1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie xliii. sig. D^v One happie stroke of thy sad hand will please me, Please me good death it is thy procurance.

1717 S. Erdeswicke Surv. Staffordshire 95 Which John, together with William Scroope Earl of Wiltshire, Lord Treasurer of England, Sir John Bushy, and Henry Green, were Attainted by Parliament in Richard 2d's time, through the procurance, as I remember, of the Duke of Gloucester.

1785 J. Fawel Princip. Sound Policy ix. 173 That we not only labour, but apply the Produce of that Labour to the wisest Ends, to the Procurance only of plain, useful, necessary Things.

1792 ‘Sir D. Slashthem’ Cat let out of Bag 53 We've tipped a cuff To blue and buff, And all of their procurance O!

1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. II. vii. iv. 101 A knowledge of the Hebrew Law was brought into China during the Seventy Years Captivity, either by the procurance of Laou-sze himself, or in consequence of the emigration of this very Colony.

1887 J. C. Robinson Let. Sir J. Donnelly 7 Apr. in Daily News (1897) 26 Oct. 3/2 Acquisitions..which by procurance have..enriched the South Kensington Museum.

1892 Times 6 Sept. 9/6 I believe I am right in stating that it is also by Oliver Cromwell's procurance that the Ford Abbey tapestries found their way to that most charming old mansion.

2004 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) (Nexis) 1 Sept. 2 A total of 3,027 former bureaucrats from 18 governmental entities landed postretirement jobs through procurance by their ministries or agencies in a practice known as amakudari, or descent from heaven.