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Depart then speedful on thy embassy,   And if he seeks for peace, adjust the terms,   And presents to be sent us.

From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 by Gottheil, Richard James Horatio

And it is full needful and speedful to know his quaintise, and not for to unknow his doleful deceits.

From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Gardner, Edmund Garratt

Alternations of mirth and sadness followed each other many times, "to learn me that it is speedful to some souls to feel on this wise."

From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph