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Submisnes, n. [e.m.E. submissenes (1621); Submiss(e adj.] Submissiveness; readiness to submit or obey. — 1638 Johnston Diary I 357.
Patience and submisnes without fretting or fuming in any adversitie he cals me to 1669 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. III 64.
Having considered the inclosed petition from Mondrogat his submisnes therein and sorrow for his accession to the late rebellion
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