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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1566-1601
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Voluntarie, -y, adv. [e.m.E. voluntarye (1480).] = Voluntarlie adv. a. — 1566 Reg. Privy C. I 475.
Everie nobill man, gentilman and yeman will voluntarie and with glaid will obey 1569 Reg. Privy C. II 65.
[They] hes voluntary condiscendit to contribute for sustentatioun of the saidis forces 1574 Reg. Privy C. II 395.
The saidis … tratouris … sall not be aidit, … be us nor our moyen, or voluntary be our guidis 1601 Elgin Rec. II 95.
Cockburn is becum voluntarie actit that his miln sall nocht gang … on Sabboth dayes
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