1880, Sidney Lanier, Alfred Kappes, Sir Thomas Malory,The Boy's King Arthur:
[...] that is my lord and uncle King Arthur, for he is full straitlybestood [sore beset] with a false traitor, which is my half brother Sir Mordred, [...]
1846, Polydore Vergil, Sir Henry Ellis,Polydore Vergil's English history:
Wherefore the Brittishe bisshops,bestood with weapons and enemies, when thei coulde not execute all functions, and perceaved that the prelates their neighbours weare prompte to assiste them, [...]
1904, Donald Grant Mitchell,American Lands and Letters:
[...] and, inherited Puritan crust of stiffness that rarely left him, and whichbestood him well under the ceremonials of his mission, whether at London (1846- 49) or later (1867-74) in Berlin.
1907, Donald Grant Mitchell,The works of Donald G. Mitchell:
Would not children come kindly to such out-of-door lessons, and to such practical knowledge as would alwaysbestand them well?
