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Quotation dates: 1494
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Will, adj.2 [? Wil(l n.] Determined, willing. Only superl. — 1494 Loutfut MS 130b.
Thair is the vi of the part of the fechtaris that caus thaim to wyn victory the first is to awis him of the nomer of the fechtaris for the ma is alway willest to vencus the fewar
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