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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plesit. Also: pleis(s)-, pleys-, pleas-, pleac-; plas-, plac- and -yt, -et, -eth, -ithe, -ed. A contraction of plese it, Ples(e v. 3 d, into a single word: May it please.(a) 1468 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 24.
And pleyseth you to wit that we hauf rassauyt … your lettere c 1466–80 Letter from Lord Hamilton MS.
Plesit ȝou to wyt that [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. I. 22/2.
Fadere of hevin plesit thi halines to gif ws paradice 1528 Douglas Corr. 16.
Plesithe 1542 Ib. 148.
Pleacit ȝour gude lordschip that [etc.] 1544 Ib. 153.
Pleased 1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 48.
Pleset 1560 Rolland Seven S. 507.
And plesit God we wald that [etc.] c 1575 Waus Corr. 106.
Pleissit a1578 Pitsc. II. 69/21.
Pleised ȝour lordschippis to vnderstand [etc.](b) 1521 Doug. in Facs. Nat. MSS. III. xv.
I recommend my lawfull seruice onto ȝour grace quham plasyt knaw I am cummyn [etc.] 1522 Id. in Douglas Corr. 84.
Placyt ȝour grace ȝe had ȝistyrday syk byssynes that [etc.]