The opposing forces Parleyed.
"Chicken Little Jane"
Lily Munsell Ritchie
Don John Parleyed and parried the demands, and months were spent in unprofitable discussions, while all the time he was working secretly among the nobles of Brabant and Flanders, who were little disposed to see with complacency the triumph of the democracy of the towns and the establishment of religious toleration.
"By Pike and Dyke: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic"
G.A. Henty
He temporized and Parleyed, but he thought again of Andros, and gave way.
"The Siege of Boston"
Allen French