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The presumptuous beleaguerer withdrew and was glad to come off without capture.

From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John

To cast glamour and put confusion into a besieged place a witch is employed by the beleaguerer, just as William the Conqueror used the witch in the Fens against Hereward's fortalice.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus