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1561 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) vi. sig. Q.iiii Now forward show some other case not thinges forknowen retel.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. iii. 364 I haue told thee often, and I re-tell [1622 tell] thee againe, and againe, I hate the Moore.

1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iv. 52 She said some things to the King which were never by him retold to any.

1762 tr. Rivals iii. i. 73 I tell you, and re-tell you, That she does not regard you—no not a straw.

1842 W. Wordsworth Borderers iii, in Poet. Wks. (1849) I. 107 This I caught, and more That may not be retold to any ear.

1888 J. C. Jeaffreson Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson I. iv. 55 He retold her in frank and firm speech what he had already told her by pen.

1911 E. Wharton Other Times, Other Manners i, in Cent. Mag. July 350/1 All through what Susy Suffern told and retold her during their four-hours' flight to the hills this plea of Ide's kept coming back to Mrs Lidcote.

2003 I. Ryder in N. Ind Beyond Branding (2005) ix. 142 Good ideas spread more rapidly as they are told and retold.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 145 A blabb, that can make excrements blush, and teach Chawcer to retell a Canterbury Tale.

1791 T. Dwight Triumph of Infidelity 20 Plato's fine tales he clumsily retold, Trite, fire-side, moral see-saws, dull as old.

1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. iii. 71 I traced his footsteps anew, retold my narrative, and pondered on his gestures and words.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. §6. 302 This story is retold by Buchanan, and by the other perverters of the Scottish history.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 339 Had his life been prolonged one fortnight, his history would have been the history of Montrose retold.

1885 Spectator 25 July 977/1 The stories, which are here retold so attractively.

1927 Passing Show Summer 10 An old tale re-told for the benefit of up-to-date children.

1988 J. Hamilton Idle Hill of Summer (1989) i. 20 Edmund, whose story it was, only smiled when he heard others retelling it at dinner.

2001 Church Times 9 Mar. 17/3 The well known The Tale of Three Trees, here retold by Angela Elwell Hunt, has been turned into a chunky board book.

1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 296 Mony it self..is not fit for daily use in great summes, in respect of the trouble of telling and re-telling.

1798 S. H. Wilcocke New & Compl. Dict. Eng. & Dutch Langs. II. 205/1 Overtelling, retelling.

1883 F. J. Furnivall in J. Lane's Contn. Squire's Tale i. vii Lane's re-telling of the Romance of Guy of Warwick.

1887 Athenæum 5 Nov. 598/1 It has lost nothing of its horror in the retelling.

1907 Amer. Hist. Rev. 12 662 Professor Hulbert's studies..have equipped him, if not for adding new information, at least for the retelling of old facts from a somewhat novel point of view.

1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 208/2 The impression of a labyrinthine dream that escapes mere daylight re-telling.

1995 M. Lewis Singapore: Rough Guide 179/2 Imaginative retellings of Chinese myths.