precedence (n.)
previous utterance, prior speech
AC II.v.51[Cleopatra to Messenger, of the phrase 'but yet'] it does allay / The good precedence
LLL III.i.81[Armado to Mote, of l'envoy] it is an epilogue or discourse to make plain / Some obscure precedence that hath tofore been sain
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