Definition of "groane"

Forget not: in thy book record their groanesWho were thy Sheep and in their antient FoldSlayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'dMother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans

1673, John Milton, On the late Massacher in Piemont

My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]

1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, [Act IV, scene i]