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barones_n in_o assissis_n jurat_fw-la etc._n etc._n poni_fw-la non_fw-la consuêrunt_fw-la ut_fw-la dicunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la eorum_fw-la sacrament_n adeo_fw-la sit_fw-la necessarium_fw-la quod_fw-la sine_fw-la illis_fw-la verit_fw-la as_o in_fw-la qua_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la tibi_fw-la praecepimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o many_o case_n the_o protestation_n of_o honour_n shall_v satisfy_v in_o nobleman_n 6.53_o privileg_n 3._o bract._n l._n 5._o cap._n 9_o fol._n 352.8.3.1_o h._n 4.1.13_o h._n 8.1_o 3_o h._n 6.48_o cook_n 6.53_o as_o in_o trial_n of_o their_o peer_n they_o proceed_v upon_o their_o honour_n not_o upon_o their_o oath_n and_o if_o a_o nobleman_n on_o a_o action_n of_o debt_n upon_o a_o account_n in_o case_n where_o the_o plaintiff_n be_v to_o be_v examine_v upon_o oath_n upon_o the_o statute_n of_o 5._o h._n 4._o cap._n 8._o it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o examine_v his_o attorney_n and_o not_o himself_o upon_o his_o oath_n yet_o if_o a_o nobleman_n will_v give_v evidence_n 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