Sentence:  a young woman not farre from mee had headlong cast her selfe out of a high window, with intent to kill herselfe, only to avoid the ravishment of a rascally-base souldier that lay in her house, who offered to <WSD>force</WSD> hernb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To violate (a woman); to rape. (from 14thc.)