Careful Words

prove (v.)

Come live with me, and be my love;

And we will all the pleasures prove

That hills and valleys, dales and fields,

Woods or steepy mountain yields.

Christopher Marlowe (1565-1593): The Passionate Shepherd to his Love.

  Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

New Testament: 1 Thessalonians v. 21.

And prove their doctrine orthodox,

By apostolic blows and knocks.

Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part i. Canto i. Line 199.