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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 763 (MED) For thelementz ben servicable To man, and ofte of Accidence..Thei ben corrupt be sondri weie.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxix. 104 The quhilkis [qualiteis] cummys sumquhile for accidence.

1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 21 (note) Of the accidences and diseases of the stomack.

?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce iv. vi. 94 Madame, for things of small consequence that happen by accidence and chance, men haue some ocasion to shewe passions and anger.

1604 T. Dekker Magnificent Entertainm. sig. F Summon each Sence, To tell the cause of this strange accidence.

1615 in J. R. N. Macphail Highland Papers (1920) III. 255 Ȝour Lo. accepting so weill of my last newis..hes imboldonit mee..to foirsee ȝour Lo. of this lait accidence.

1709 C. Cibber Rival Fools i. i. 10 Tho' your Hic & hæc Turpis, & qui mihi Discipulus Brains, (that never got any thing but by Accidence and Uncertainty) allow'd her Share, must I do it, that bring you grounded Conclusions of Wit?

?1798 D. R. O'Conor Wks. I. 338 Can ev'ry attribute or sense Which dignifies the human mind, Created be by accidence?

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. Introd. p. iv Petralogy..divided into Twelve Domains..six, being distinguished by circumstances or accidences of various kinds.

1886 J. R. Morell tr. J. Tauler Following of Christ i. viii. 6 Hence he cannot have virtue in essence but in accidence.

1910 Times 13 Apr. 14/3 While they did not find that teetotalers were much more free from accidence than other persons, total abstainers recovered more rapidly from the effects of injuries.

1995 C. Wesley DeMarco in M. Sim Crossroads Norm & Nature viii. 159 Our being as a whole brings the necessity of goods beyond the level of moral virtue, since the compound is yoked to matter and externals..with their influx of accidence.