levy (n.) Old form(s): Leuie, Leuies, Leuy
recruitment of soldiers, conscription of men
Cor V.vi.67[First Lord to Aufidius, of Coriolanus] to ... give away / The benefit of our levies
Cym III.viii.9[First Senator to all, of Caesar and the conflict with Britain] to you the tribunes, / For this immediate levy, he commands / His absolute commission
Ham II.ii.62[Voltemand to Claudius, of old Fortinbras] he sent out to suppress / His nephew's levies
Mac III.ii.25[Macbeth to Lady Macbeth, of the King] Nor steel, nor poison, / Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing / Can touch him further
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