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Quotation dates: 1588
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(Ongate,) Onget, n. [= Outgate n. 2.] Issue, conclusion. — 1588 Events Q. Mary & Jas. VI 43.
The malheur of the tym … and … the laik of ane powar from ȝou to deal in ȝour affairis hes randerit maiteris sa difficult that as ȝit we ar cum to nae onget in ony thing belanging ȝou
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