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Magnyfycence, 2323: Alarum, alarum! to longe we abyde! 
asarme, as armys. Means to arms! Formerly OF. as armes! 
at arms. 
Castell of Perseverance, 2070: As armys, Mekenes! Castell 
of P., 1970: “asarmys,” as an heyward. York Plays, xix, 276: 
Asarme! euere ilke man. 
wa(a)r, be ware. Meaning look out! OE. war, wary. Still 
used interjectionally in dialect speech of England and Scotland. 
See English Dialect Dictionary. 
Towneley, ii, 25:.Ilo furth, greyn-horne! and war oute, 
gryme! Towneley, xxiv, 73: War, war! for now com I. 
Castell of Perseverance, 2236: War, war! late mans flesche 
go to! Castell of P., 2249: War! syr Glotoun schal makyn a 
smeke a-geyns pis castel, I vowe. Mankind, 109: Be ware! ye, 
may son lyke a bofett. Mankind, 166: Be ware pereof! yt ys 
wers than ony felony or treson. Towneley, xxiv, 113: War, 
war! and make rowme. Occleve, La Male Regle de T. Hoc- 
cleue, 244: Lordes! beeth waar! Occleve, La Male Regle, 
351: Be waar, Hoccleue! 
6. Calls for Silence 
Pe(e)s, pesse, peace, peas(s)e. In ME. a verb meaning be silent, 
stop. From the ME. noun pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, Fr. pair, 
Latin pax, pacis. Cf. appease. 
York Plays, xvii, 74: Pees! dastard, in pe deueles dispite. 
York Plays, xxviii, 275: Pees! Petir, I bidde pe. Magnyfy- 
cence, 998: Pease, man, pease! Mankind, 420: Pesse fayer 
babys! Castell of Perseverance, 340: Pes, aungel! bi wordis 
are not wyse! ‘Everyman: Peace! I am deaf! I look not behind 
me! Towneley Plays, ii, 400: Peasse, man, for godis payn! 
Towneley Plays, xiii, 460: Peasse, man, be still! 
qwyst. Identical with modern colloquial whist! be silent. An 
imitative form. 
Mankind, 586: qwyst! pesse! pe Deull ys dede! Mankind, 
550: qwyst! pesse! I xall go to hys ere. 
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