...de Bragelonne were offended, I could not reasonably be expected to espouse his quarrel, since he is himself here; but when you say that it is a quarrel of M... 
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「Ten Years Later」
...They took of course godfathers of such citizens as had the generosity to espouse their cause...
Thomas Clarkson 「The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the」
...We know already that bymeans of them Ćyavanas, the old sun (a Vedic Tithôn),became young again, and was able to espouse the aurora...
Angelo de Gubernatis 「Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)」
...Then will I espouse the lady, whether or not she give consent: for never did I see any one so fair, nor desire any as I do her...
Chretien DeTroyes 「Four Arthurian Romances」
...Count Oringle of Limors had found them both, and had caused the corpse to be borne away, and wished himself to espouse the lady; but she refused him...
Chretien DeTroyes 「Four Arthurian Romances」
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