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c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 171 Pope Leo þe nynþe, havynge remorse of conscience [L. cum conscientiam haberet cauteriatam] þat he was somwhat put yn by þe emperoure, lefte the popehede.

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 554 Hastow remors of conscience..And waylest for þi synne and þyn offence, And hast for ferd caught attricioun.

a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 12 (MED) A mayde shuld so be occupied vpon..prayer..that..she shuld not be suffred for remors of conscience.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton D j He is euer in doubt and in remors of conscience.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xxxii And first within the portche and iawes of Hell Sate diepe Remorse of conscience.

1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. i. sig. Ciiij Al which I prefer vnto you in this place..by a peculyar instigacion and remorce of mynde restoring a newe remembrance of the noble condicion of our Auncestors.

1585 J. Norden Sinfull Mans Solace f. 107 I haue most lewdly, lead my life, without remorce of minde.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 104 Onely for the remorse of his conscience, preferring the seruice of God before all other respects.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. f. 191 They dare practise, and defend it too, Without remorse of mind.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 110 Perhaps not without some scruples and remorses of Conscience.

1704 London Gaz. No. 4029/2 One of these Lieutenants having a Remorse of Conscience, discovered the..Mater.

1729 W. Law Serious Call xxiii. 467 A man may..go on..without any remorse of mind, or true desire of amendment.

1808 J. Lempriere Univ. Biogr. at Aunoy One of his three accusers afterwards through remorse of conscience confessed the charge to be false.

a1845 J. McPherson Poems, Descriptive & Moral (1862) 205 They take the luring draught, designed To drown all high desire, And madly quench remorse of mind With floods of liquid fire.

1893 Classical Rev. 7 114/2 It seems very doubtful whether even after the deed Orestes is supposed to feel what is properly called remorse of conscience.

1906 S. Weiss Decimon Hûŷdas ix. 109 Shall I now, after years of torture of heart and remorse of mind, weakly yield the prize for which I have risked all that I have?

1955 Times 18 Nov. 6/7 The East Kilbride workers voted..to continue the strike... The shop steward convener..said..they had experienced ‘a remorse of conscience’ over their previous ‘blackleg’ decision.

1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. 6 The new legislation should..provide..immunity against prosecution for witnesses who, prompted by remorse of conscience, testify that their wrongdoing has resulted in a miscarriage of justice.