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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1612-1679
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Malaga, Mal(la)goe, Mal(l)igo. [e.m.E. maligo (1608), mallego.] Malaga (wine, sack). — 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 335.
Malagas 1624 Edinburgh Testaments LII. 256.
Ane littill barrell malligo wyne 1640 Maxwell Mem. II. 276.
If thare bee good seke, canaree or malgoe cum in 1661 Edinburgh Testaments LXX. 155.
Maligo seck 1667 Edinb. B. Rec. X. 26. 1672 Leith Customs 1.
12 pipes of mallagoe nett [£1 10s.] 1679 Haddington Mem. I. 230.
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