- But put case they continue; thou art not so poor as thou wast born […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 3, member 3:
- Put case that the soul after the departure from the body may live.1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:
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- If my legitimate vengeance be a blow, Mistrusting my bare arm can deal that blow, I claim co-operation of a stick1868-1869, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book Put case a person wrongs me past dispute