disaventure

(ˌdɪsəˈvɛntʃə)

archaic another word for disadventure

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I shal, while I may dure On lyve in torment and in cruwel peyne This infortune or this disaventure, Allone as I was born, iwys, compleyne; Ne nevere wol I seen it shyne or reyne, But ende I wol, as Edippe, in derknesse My sorwful lif, and dyen in distresse.

Troy in the Troilus and Criseyde

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