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videretur_fw-la unde_fw-la fertur_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la iratus_fw-la dixisse_fw-la dico_fw-la vobis_fw-la si_fw-la possem_fw-la vicem_fw-la vobis_fw-la redidissem_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la posset_n rex_fw-la in_o subditos_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o servos_n potens_fw-la in_o infirmos_fw-la dux_n in_o milites_fw-la sed_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la dictabat_fw-la aequitas_fw-la quicquid_fw-la veritati_fw-la repugnabat_fw-la quicquid_fw-la non_fw-la permittebat_fw-la justitia_fw-la quicquid_fw-la regiam_fw-la mansuetudinem_fw-la non_fw-la decebat_fw-la sibi_fw-la credebat_fw-la impossibile_fw-it i_o wish_v all_o our_o modern_a domineer_a grandee_n will_v imitate_v his_o presidential_a royal_a example_n yet_o i_o read_v of_o one_o injurious_a act_n do_v by_o he_o 835._o after_o the_o decease_n of_o his_o renown_a sister_n elfleda_n queen_n of_o mercia_n anno_fw-la 920._o he_o disinherited_a her_o only_a daughter_n alfwen_n or_o elwyn_n his_o own_o niece_n of_o the_o dominion_n of_o all_o mercia_n who_o hold_v that_o kingdom_n after_o her_o mother_n seizing_z and_o garrison_v tamesworth_n and_o nottingham_n first_o and_o then_o disseise_v she_o of_o all_o mercia_n unite_n it_o to_o his_o own_o realm_n and_o remove_v she_o thence_o into_o west-sex_n magis_fw-la eurans_fw-la a_o utilitèr_fw-la vel_fw-la inutilitèr_fw-la quan_fw-mi a_o justè_fw-la vel_fw-la injustè_fw-fr write_v henry_n huntingdon_n 4._o which_o innrious_a action_n si_fw-mi violanda_fw-la sit_fw-la fides_fw-la regni_fw-la causâ_fw-la violandae_fw-la will_v not_o excuse_v the_o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n record_n that_o king_n edward_n as_o he_o enlarge_v the_o bound_n of_o his_o kingdom_n 837._o more_o than_o his_o father_n so_o leges_fw-la condidit_fw-la he_o likewise_o make_v law_n to_o govetn_v it_o which_o be_v there_o register_v to_o posterity_n in_o two_o parcel_n as_o make_v at_o several_a time_n but_o in_o what_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n this_o be_v it_o inform_v we_o not_o the_o first_o of_o 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periculum_fw-la ducitâ—â—_n in_fw-la itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eripiendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la quamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la â—…itur_fw-la iccirco_fw-mi profuâ—…_n succedentibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la at_o que_fw-fr oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiamer_n annuente_fw-la 10._o brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la edgar_n divina_fw-la dâ—â—poâ—…one_fw-la rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la â—aginâ—_n &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n omnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o sublunary_a thing_n the_o self_n same_o year_n anno_fw-la 970._o 883._o king_n edgar_z by_o his_o charter_n grant_v and_o confirm_v sundry_a land_n and_o privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o medeshamsted_n former_o demolish_v by_o the_o dane_n which_o bishop_n aethelwold_n have_v repair_v and_o name_v burgh_n perpetual_o exempt_n it_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n yoke_n and_o exaction_n quatenus_fw-la nec_fw-la rex_fw-la nec_fw-la comes_fw-la nec_fw-la episcopus_fw-la praeter_fw-la christianâ—â—atem_fw-la attinentium_fw-la parochiarum_fw-la nec_fw-la vicecome_fw-la nec_fw-la ulla_fw-la alia_fw-la major_a minorve_fw-la persona_fw-la ulla_fw-la dominatione_fw-la occupari_fw-la praesumat_fw-la excepta_fw-la moderata_fw-la expeditione_n &_o 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