fortune (n.)
chance, fate, [one's ] lot
1H6 IV.iv.39[Lucy to Somerset, of York] dies betrayed to fortune by your strife
3H6 II.ii.83[Edward to King] wilt thou ... set thy diadem upon my head; / Or bide the mortal fortune of the field?
3H6 V.v.6[Somerset to Edward] [I'll] stoop with patience to my fortune
Oth III.iii.260[Othello alone, of Desdemona] I'd ... let her down the wind / To prey at fortune [i.e. at random]
TS III.ii.23[Tranio as Lucentio to Katherina and Baptista, of Petruchio] Whatever fortune stays him from his word
TS V.ii.97[Petruchio to Hortensio, if Katherina does not come to him] The fouler fortune mine [i.e. worse luck for me]
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