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Quotation dates: 1572
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(Rejoisance,) Rejoysance, n. [Cf. F. réjouissance, f. re- and jouissance, e.m.E. ioysaunce possession (Caxton), iouysaunce pleasure (Spenser).] Enjoyment, pleasure (here, specif., ? sensual pleasure). — 1572 Buch. Detect. (1727) 124.
Be ȝow scho hes … not loist but the rejoysance [F. la jouyssance] Of ane unplesand fule
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