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Quotation dates: 1461
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Pell, n.1 (Appar. ME. (Piers Plowman) and obs. e.m.E. (once, 1471) pele, aphetic f. Appele n. appeal.) — 1461 Aberd. B. Rec. MS. V. i. 436 (24 Nov.).
The delyuerance … of the personys vnderwirtin till haf the strinth … of a borch of fress deforce but ony pell of wnlaw of ony of the perteis
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