LekhoriLekhoriCertainty.
Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.
That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
[We] our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; On other surety none.
A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
There remains unpaid A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which One part of Aquitaine is bound to us.
From Middle English surete, attested since the early 1300s in the sense "guarantee, promise, pledge, assurance", from Anglo-Norman seurté/Old French seurté with the same meaning (whence modern French ...
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