acquittance
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From the three debts384 acquittance earn, And with thy wrath the wicked burn, O'er all of us thy rule extend, And cheer with boons each faithful friend.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
I come not in resentment, but for acquittance.
From The Gamester (1753) by Peake, Charles H.
Footnote 326: The Duke of Clarence was at Bourdeaux, February 5, 1413, and signed an acquittance there, April 14, 1413.
From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell
Sir, I am paid for't, The summes you borrowed, are return'd; The bonds Cancel'd, and your acquittance formerly seal'd: Look here Sir, Gaspero is witness to it.
From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis
Nor shall we build on these our confidence Who give less reins to reason than to sense: Yet for redemption of their husbands' lands, Seal our acquittance with your graceful hands.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
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