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"Literary authors have long employed 'therewith' to link actions, ideas, and events, imbuing their narratives with a formal, almost ceremonial tone. In many chivalric and legendary texts, especially within medieval romances such as those by Malory [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], the word functions to indicate that an action is carried out using or following immediately from a previously mentioned object or circumstance. In sacred and historical writings, like the Bible [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] and chronicles [17], 'therewith' serves as an instrument or means by which a significant deed is executed. Even in more philosophical or poetic contexts [18, 19, 20, 21, 22], the term creates a rhythmic connection between clauses, emphasizing the causal or concurrent nature of consecutive events."
  1. And then he wrast his sword out of his hand, and therewith he ran to one of his squires and smote off his head, and the other fled.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  2. And therewith the queen departed, and rode home to the king, and Sir Palamides rode after her.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  3. And therewith Balin stert unto him and took him by the hand.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  4. And therewith King Lot smote down King Arthur.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  5. And therewith he made so great dole and sorrow that unnethe he might hold him on horseback.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  6. “Be ye still,” said King Pellinore, “for now we may hear of some adventure,” and therewith he armed him.
    — from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles and Sir Thomas Malory
  7. And therewith she took the sword from her love that lay dead, and fell to the ground in a swoon.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  8. And therewith she threw such an enchantment upon her that she loved him sore, that well-nigh she was out of her mind.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  9. And when he espied that squire, therewith he abraid and brake himself loose, and took his sword in his hand, and ran to have slain the squire.
    — from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
  10. And therewith thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament, 30:27.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  11. And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass, which lay there, catching it up, he slew therewith a thousand men.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  12. peace offerings to the Lord, let him offer therewith a sacrifice also, that is, the libations thereof.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  13. Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  14. That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  15. Thou hast found honey, eat what is sufficient for thee, lest being glutted therewith thou vomit it up.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  16. Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith, shall not be wise.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  17. Then was Abbot Sparhawk driven from his bishopric at London; and William the king's priest was invested therewith.
    — from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  18. Yet still can I say therewith the truth—to dissemblers!
    — from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  19. “Uniform” one calleth what they wear; may it not be uniform what they therewith hide!
    — from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  20. It is a beautiful folly, speaking; therewith danceth man over everything.
    — from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  21. They say, that Love was the most ancient of all the gods, and existed before every thing else, except Chaos, which is held coeval therewith.
    — from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon
  22. Sorrow is like a fruit: God doth not therewith weigh Earthward the branch strong yet but for the blossoming. NELSON R. TYERMAN.
    — from Poems by Victor Hugo

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