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"Certain; indubitable; unquestionable; not admitting of question or doubt."
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"ref": "1633, Peter Heylyn [i.e., Heylin], The Historie of that Most Famous Saint and Souldier of Christ Iesus; St. George of Cappadocia: […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas Harper, for Henry Seyle [i.e., Seile] […], →OCLC, page 303",
"text": "[I]n the firſt of Henry the ſixth, the Company of Armorers in London were incorporated by the name of the fraternite of Saint George: which queſtionleſſe reflected on him, though not as Patron ſpecially of this Realme of England, yet as the tutelarie Saint of militarie men. Elſe to what purpose ſhould the Armorers, whoſe trade is onely deſtinate to the uſe of Souldiers, be made a Corporation by his name, and under his protection.",
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