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Quotation dates: 1513, 1577-1578
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Confederance, n. [Cf. Confederacie,n.] = Confiderance. — 1513 Doug. xi. iii. 29 (R).
Ȝour king has our confederance vp geif a1578 Pitsc. I. 84, c. 19.
Confederance betuix the Erlle of Douglas and othiris errlis aganis the king
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