try (n.)

try (v.)

Try first thyself, and after call in God;

For to the worker God himself lends aid.

Euripides (484-406 b c): Hippolytus. Frag. 435.

These are the times that try men's souls.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809): The American Crisis. No. 1.

We are ready to try our fortunes

To the last man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.

Let the end try the man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.