What does of a surety mean?

of a surety

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

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"And whẽ Peter was come to hym ſilfe / he ſayde: nowe I knowe off a ſurety / that the lorde hath ſent his angell […]"
"Of a surety, little Harry, we must speedily resume our studies."
"In this bout I did but measure myself with him. But thereby know I of a surety that when I put forth my might he will not be able to withstand me; and all ye shall shortly behold how, as one shattereth a stalk of angelica, I will break and shatter the limbs of this Goldry Bluszco."

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