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1469.  Sc. Acts, Jas. III. (1814), II. 95/1. Þe obligatione … sall prescrife & be of nain avail þe said fourtj ȝeris beand ronnyng & vnpersewit be þe law.

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1531.  Reg. Privy Seal Scot., II. 134/2. The saidis personis … to be … unaccusit, unfollowit, unpersewit,… for quhatsumever actioun or cryme.

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1667.  Milton, P. L., VI. 1. All night the dreadless Angel unpursu’d Through Heav’ns wide Champain held his way.

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1675.  Hobbes, Odyssey (1677), 189. To the ship we unpursued pass.

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1782.  J. Scott, Poet. Wks., 235. Pale fear, who unpursued still flies.

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1810.  Scott, Lady of L., II. xxvi. This youth … Guided my steps not unpursued.

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1861.  Clara F. Bromley, Woman’s Wand. West. World, 168. They made a precipitate … retreat, but were unpursued.

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