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Misprise, mis-prīz′, v.t. to slight, undervalue.

Misprise! ay, marry, I would have him use some such words now; they have some touch, some taste of the law.

When I found you, helpless lying, And you waived my deep misprise,    And swore me, dying,    In phantom-guise To wing to me when grieving, And touch away my woe,    We kissed, believing .

You do give warranty as a good knight and true, as well as by the bones of the blessed St. Ursula, that you bear no ill will, secret enmity, wicked misprise or conspiracy, against the body of our noble lord and master Von Kolnsche?

Beware how you misprise this potent ally, for hers is the art of Giotto and Dante: beware how you misprise this insidious foe, for hers is the art of modern France and of Byron.