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eum_fw-la obtinendo_fw-la minime_fw-la potuit_fw-la adimplere_fw-la unde_fw-la willielmo_n cognato_fw-la svo_fw-la normannorum_fw-la duci_fw-la regnum_fw-la post_fw-la eum_fw-la optinendum_fw-la per_fw-la solennes_n nuncios_fw-la assignavit_fw-la and_o col._n 957._o he_o add_v some_o say_v that_o king_n edward_n before_o his_o death_n have_v appoint_v william_n to_o succeed_v he_o according_a to_o the_o promise_n which_o the_o say_a king_n have_v make_v he_o when_o he_o be_v a_o young_a man_n live_v in_o normandy_n that_o he_o shall_v succeed_v he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n concern_v which_o as_o some_o write_v he_o have_v send_v solemn_a messenger_n to_o he_o into_o normandy_n the_o like_a be_v affirm_v almost_o in_o the_o same_o word_n by_o henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la l._n 1._o c_o 15._o col_fw-fr 2238._o and_o by_o fabian_n caxton_n cambden_n holinsh_v grafton_n speed_n daniel_n stow_n vestegan_n and_o other_o modern_a historian_n 912._o matthew_n 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arcum_fw-la suum_fw-la tetendit_fw-la et_fw-la paravit_fw-la illum_fw-la ostendet_fw-la deinceps_fw-la populo_fw-la hinc_fw-la iram_fw-la &_o indignationem_fw-la immissiones_fw-la insuper_fw-la per_fw-la angelos_n malos_fw-la quibus_fw-la traditi_fw-la sunt_fw-la anno_fw-la uno_fw-la &_o die_fw-la uno_fw-la igne_fw-la simul_fw-la et_fw-la gladio_fw-la puniendi_fw-la the_o king_n groan_v and_o sigh_v for_o this_o calamity_n that_o be_v ready_a to_o fall_v upon_o his_o people_n demand_v of_o the_o monk_n whether_o if_o they_o repent_v of_o their_o sin_n upon_o his_o admonition_n to_o they_o god_n will_v not_o pardon_v they_o and_o remove_v his_o judgement_n as_o he_o do_v from_o the_o ninivites_fw-la they_o reply_v that_o god_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n receive_v they_o into_o his_o favour_n because_o the_o heart_n of_o this_o people_n be_v harden_v and_o their_o eye_n blind_v and_o their_o ear_n deafen_a that_o they_o will_v not_o hear_v reproof_n nor_o understand_v admonition_n nor_o 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