Sentence:  But he to shifte their curious request, / Gan causen, why she could not come in place; / Her crased helth, her late recourse to rest, / And humid euening ill for sicke folkes cace, / But none of those excuses could <WSD>take place</WSD>; / Ne would they eate, till she in presence came. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To take effect; to prevail.