Sentence:  It is lamentable to remember what <WSD>abundance</WSD> of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)<ref name=SOED/>