beforetime

There I believe thy mind maybe made whole again, and that it may be with thee as it was beforetime.

The words now and beforetime denote too long an interval to allow room for such a supposition.

One or two friends whose professions had beforetime been profuse, Eleanor met.

It was said beforetime that if a sword be the death of five score of men, it comes to be possessed of a lust for slaying.

Would you have believed that I was bribed, my prince, had it not chanced that you had heard of the sword from me beforetime?