A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1400
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(Prolocutioun,) Prolocucioune, n. [Med. L. prolocution-, prolucution- agreement, negotiation; utterance, statement, late L. prōlocūtiōn- a preamble, f. L. prōloquī to speak out, F. prolocution a discourse (14th c. in OED), e.m.E. prolocution (1597) a preliminary speech or remark: cf. Prelocutio(u)n n.] ? The act of speaking out or declaring one's opinion outspokenly; ? the fact of being the spokesman of a certain point of view. —c1400 Troy-bk. ii 121 (D).
A, what to the wysman rycht welle It geynes to haue the cautele That he be not the forspekare, … For such, the prolocucioune [C. this prelocucioune; L. prolocucio] War … rycht felloune To Amphymacus the worthy [etc.]
