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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Patent, a.3 (Applied to pardons or indulgences, either in same sense of Patent a.2 ( ? sense 4), or as in Patent a.1, ? and hence to a pardoner purveying these, or ? licensed by letters patent (Patent a.1 and Patent n.: see ME. (Piers Plowman, Chaucer) patent(e n. a papal licence or indulgence).) —1540 Lynd. Sat. 2080 (Ch.).
Pardoner: … My patent [B. potent] pardouns ȝe may se Cum fra the Caue [B. can] of Tartarie Ib. 2123.
Welcum hame Robert Rome-raker Our halie patent pardoner
