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a1516 H. Medwall Godely Interlude Fulgens ii. sig. e.iii ^v Go in hand with her anone..For to fele her mynde toward me.

1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes x. f. xii Whome he had knowen & sene so specyally aboue other, to bere hys good myne [perh. read mynde] and fydelyte toward hym.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 449/2 I beare hym good mynde, je suis affectionné enuers luy.

a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 1929 Ye knowe very well she beareth the churche good mynde.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 707 The more number of the nobilitie, bare towarde king Henry..their good minds and fixed hartes.

1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. Ep. Ded. ⁋iij b Not doubting but your Lordship..will..vouchesafe to accepte this Monument of my affectionate minde.

c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 48 Wee understand..your true mind & faithful liegiance towards us.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. ii. 33 I would I knew his minde . View more context for this quotation

1693 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1973) IV. 272/1 I desire yow to wryt with the bearer how ye are and your mind to me.

1765 R. Cumberland Summer's Tale i. vii. 24 I am fit to think his old Honour does not bear an honest Mind towards her.

1822 J. Galt Provost xlvi. 342 Therefore, Mr. Peevie, would it no be a very proper thing, in the choice of the new counsellors, to take men of a friendly mind towards you.

1893 G. Gissing Odd Women II. iii. 66 You said that by making Miss Barfoot see she was wrong you could alter her mind towards me.

1932 T. E. Lawrence tr. Homer Odyssey xv He spoke again, in wish to find out the swineherd's real mind towards him and if he would extend him longer hospitality there in the farm, or compel him city-wards.