formerward--prophetes.ai

† ˈformerward Obs. rare^—1.
[f. former a. + ward: cf. foreward².]
The vanguard.

13.. K. Alis. 7786 Antioche hadde the former-warde, And Tolomè the reirwarde. [Cf. quot. 14.. in forme a. 2.]

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