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Surely, they will parley awhile, and give us time to get out of the way.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Major Maniu," he said, "trail a white banner of truce on your plane and tell the enemy I will parley with them.

From The Sword and the Atopen by Greenfield, Taylor H.

I don’t like bloodshed; so you must make a show of being prepared with such arms as you have, and then we will parley with them.

From Midnight Webs by Fenn, George Manville

And, as the subject is rather an extensive one, I will parley no longer in its vestibule, but pull off my overcoat, and make myself at home in its front parlour.

From My Unknown Chum by Fairbanks, Charles Bullard

Say to the Cid Roy Diaz that was born in a glad tide, That I will parley with him in the best place he may, And there shall be the boundary wherever he shall say.

From The Lay of the Cid by Bacon, Leonard