profesy

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Caiaphas spak profesy, and yitt wist not what he spak; for, at that tyme, thare was no man that trewlie feared God, that mynded any such thing, but with thare hole force wold have fortifeid the titill that God had gevin unto him, and wold never have called in questioun thingis doun in tyme of darknes.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
Dan'l brushed hissef up quick and struck out to see de king an 'ax him ter hol' up de exercushun uv his bloody profesy, an 'he'd promise to splain his dream ter him.

John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908