166. Woe worth the chase. That is, woe be to it. This worth is from the A. S. weorthan, to become. Cf. Spenser, F. Q. ii. 6. 32: "Wo worth the man, That first did teach the cursed steele to bight In his owne flesh, and make way to the living spright!" See also Ezek. xxx. 2.
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