obs. var. UNLESS. (Cf. UNLEAST.)

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1535.  in Lett. Suppress. Monast. (Camden), 91. The dean wolde not resign unto hym, unleste he wolde leffe hym other possessions.

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1583.  Stubbes, Anat. Abus., II. C 8 b. May subiects … rise against their prince? No, at no hand, vnlest they will purchase to themselues eternall damnation.

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1599.  Thynne, Animadv. (1875), 19. Difference of armes semethe a difference of famelyes, vnleste you canne prove that … they altered their armes vppone somme iuste occasione.

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