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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Perturbance, n. [Late ME. perturbaunce (Lydgate), e.m.E. -ance.] Agitation; distress. = Perturbatio(u)n(e n. 2. —1513 Doug. iv. viii. 85.
This gentil baroun … in his stout breist … Of reuth and amouris felt the perturbance
