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c. 1480.  Henryson, Orpheus & Eurydice, 405. Hard is þi law, þi bandis vnbrekable.

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1611.  Cotgr., Irrefragable,… vnbreakable.

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1845.  Bailey, Festus (ed. 2), 130. He made earth,… Lined it with fire, and round its heart-fire bowed Rock-ribs unbreakable.

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1890.  Spectator, 20 Sept., 374/2. This Moloch that devours young girls’ lives is an idol that appears unbreakable.

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