Willingness, 1) readiness: “I would expend it with all w.” H6B III, 1, 150. “look to have it yielded with all w.” R3 III, 1, 198 (Ff kindness).
2) good will: “w. rids way,” H6C V, 3, 21 (cf. the proverb: where the will is ready, the feet are light).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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