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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1617
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Undelayitlie, -edlie, adv. [e.m.E. undelayedly (1534); Delay v.] Without delay, promptly. — 1570 Cal. Sc. P. III 511.
[In case there be no order taken in this cause] undelayitlie 1583 Edinburgh Testaments XII 204.
I will that my wyf sall pay my dettis vndelayitlie that is within ane moneth eftir my deceis 1613 Haddington Corr. 76.
To vse diligence that those persuites may be timelie mooued and vndelayedlie followed 1617 Melrose P. 624*.
To have all these articles vndelayedlie obeyed
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