Is this a time to ſteepe / Thy braines in vvaſtfull ſlumbers? up and rouze / Thy leaden ſpirits; Is this a time to ſleepe? 1635, Fra[ncis] Quarles, “Canto VII. I Pet[er] V. VIII.”, in Emblemes, London: […] G[eorge] M[iller] and sold at at Iohn Marriots shope […], →OCLC, book I, stanza 1, page 29:
[T]he Circumſtance of the Serpent's rouzing his Creſt, vvhich brightens vvith Anger, finely images the ſhining of their Arms in the Night-time, as they vvere juſt lifted up to deſtroy him. 1715, Alexander Pope, “Observations on the Third Book”, in Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, section V, pages 7–8:
[A] king he placed, through whose Maieſtical Empyre / Theeſe blaſts rouze forward, or back by his regal apointment. 1582, “The Firste Booke of Virgil His Æneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC, page 2:
Novv, valiant Chiefs! ſince Heav'n itſelf alarms, / Unite, and rouze the Sons of Greece to Arms. 1715, Homer, “Book II”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 5, lines 93–94:
It ſeems, the Minds of theſe People are ſo taken up vvith intenſe Speculations, that they neither can ſpeak, nor attend to the Diſcourſes of others, vvithout being rouzed by ſome external Taction upon the Organs of Speech and Hearing; […] 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), pages 16–17:
VVhen vve be brought to this point that vve muſt be fayne to looke vnto God: vve begin after a ſort too rouze vp ourſelues, ſo as vvee be no more ſo careleſſe and drovvzie as vvee vvere: […] 1574, Iohn Caluin [i.e., John Calvin], “The Nineteenth Sermon, which is the Thirde vppon the Fifth Chapter”, in Arthur Golding, transl., Sermons of Master Iohn Caluin, vpon the Booke of Iob. […], London: […] Henrie Binneman, for Lucas Harison and George Bishop, →OCLC, page 84, column 2:
But it [trial by jury] needs only to be minutely examined, and properly valued, to rouze the nation to preſerve it unimpaired, for the benefit of the preſent generation, and that vve may tranſmit it to poſterity uncontaminated and undiminiſhed. 1785, a country gentleman [pseudonym], William Jones, M[anasseh] Dawes, England’s Alarm! On the Prevailing Doctrine of Libels, as Laid down by the Earl of Mansfield. […], London: […] John Stockdale, […], →OCLC, page 9:
But he though blind of ſight, / Deſpis'd and thought extinguiſh't quite, / VVith invvard eyes illuminated / His fierie vertue rouz'd / From under aſhes into ſudden flame, […] 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 97, lines 688–692:
And ouer, all vvith braſen ſcales vvas armd, / Like plated cote of ſteele, so couched neare, / That nought mote perce, ne might his corſe bee harmd / VVith dint of ſvverd, nor puſh of pointed ſpeare, / VVhich as an Eagle, ſeeing pray appeare, / His aery plumes doth rouze, full rudely dight, / So ſhaked he, that horror vvas to heare, / For as the claſhing of an Armor bright, / Such noyſe his rouzed ſcales did ſend vnto the knight. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 8, page 157:
Gentle and timid as the people vvere, thoſe unprovoked injuries at length exhauſted their patience, and rouzed their courage. 1777, William Robertson, “Book II”, in The History of America, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; T[homas] Cadell, […]; Edinburgh: J[ohn] Balfour, →OCLC, page 116:
Collect thy ſcattred ſenſes, and aduiſe, / Rouze vp (fond man) and anſvvere my replies. 1624, Francis Quarles, “Sect[ion] 19”, in Iob Militant: With Meditations Divine and Morall, London: […] Felix Kyngston for George Winder, […], →OCLC, signature O2, verso:
And the vvhole family, therevvith adredd, / Raſhly out of their rouzed couches ſprong, / And to the troubled chamber all in armes did throng. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 62, page 408:
Rouze conſcious vertue up in every heart, / And ſeeming to be ſtronger makes them ſo. 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, stanza 190, page 48:
It [philosophy] makes us inſpect, and govern our Manners; it rouzes us vvhere vve are faint, and drouzy; it binds up vvhat is looſe, and humbles in us that vvhich is Contumacious: […] 1678, Seneca [the Younger], “Of a Happy Life. Chap[ter] IV. Philosophy is the Guide of Life.”, in Roger L’Estrange, transl., Seneca’s Morals Abstracted: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Newcomb for Henry Brome, […], published 1679, →OCLC, page 42:
[W]e thinke the Egle-vvinged pride / Of skie-aſpiring and ambitious thoughts, / VVith rituall-hating enuy ſet on you / To vvake our peace, vvhich in our Countries cradle / Dravves the ſvveet infant breath of gentle ſleepe / VVhich ſo rouzde vp vvith boiſtrous vntunde drummes, / And grating ſhocke of vvrathfully yron armes, / Might from our quiet confines fright faire Peace, […] 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signature B3, verso: