Sentence:  And if the perfection of well-speaking might bring any glorie sutable unto a great personage, "Scipio" and "Lelius" would never have <WSD>resigned</WSD> the honour of their Comedies...unto an Affrican servantnb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To give up; to relinquish ownership of. (from 14th c.)