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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1570
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Lance-, Lans(e)quenet(e, n. Also: -quenelt. [e.m.E. (1607) lansquenight, -quenet, -kenet, etc., F. lansquenet, ad. Germ landsknecht.] = Lanceknycht. — 1570 Leslie 205.
Frome Germany … come fyve thousand lancequenetes 1570 Ib. 213.
So puissant ane army of Inglismen, lansequenetz and uther strangers 1570 Ib. 219.
xvij hundreth lancequenetys 1570 Ib. 220.
Lancequenetz 1570 Ib. 230.
Thay ourthrewe a gret number of lansqueneltz, that war cum furthe of Handingtone to fetche faggottis
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