Wherfore the enemies beyng not Intentive on the same parte to looke to him, he made his armie to passe over the same flame, causing every man to holde his Target before his face for to defend them from the fire, and smoke.
"Machiavelli, Volume I The Art of War; and The Prince"
Niccolò Machiavelli
In the reign of James two things lost their lustre-the exercise of tilting, which Elizabeth made a special solemnity, and the band of Yeomen of the Guard, choicest persons both for stature and other good parts, who graced the court of Elizabeth; James "was so Intentive to Realities that he little regarded shows," and in his time these came utterly to be neglected.
"The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner"
Charles Dudley Warner
At the 3d, in two manners: 1. When the Syllable accented happens to be the last save one of a Word; as, As busy-as Intentive Emmets are; Or Cities-whom unlook'd-for Sieges scare.
"The Art of English Poetry (1708)"
Edward Bysshe