Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	hand_n	king_n	scotland_n	3,117	5	8.4868	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91268	A seasonable, vindication, of the good old fuudamental [sic] rights, and governments of all English freemen By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes Inne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1659 (1659)	Wing P4070A; ESTC R232121	273,664	397

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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 these_o law_n declare_v his_o zeal_n to_o public_a justice_n according_a to_o the_o law_n then_o in_o force_n be_v this_o edwardus_fw-la rex_fw-la mandat_fw-la et_fw-la praecipit_fw-la omnibus_fw-la praefectis_fw-la et_fw-la amicis_fw-la suis_fw-la ut_fw-la justa_n judicia_fw-la judicent_fw-la quam_fw-la rectiora_fw-la possint_fw-la et_fw-la in_o judicia●t_fw-la libro_fw-la stant_fw-la nec_fw-la parcant_fw-la nec_fw-la dissimulent_fw-la pro_fw-la anqua_fw-la

est_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-la praepositi_fw-la 856._o qui_fw-la londoniensi_fw-la curiae_fw-la pertinent_a edixerunt_fw-la &_o jurejurando_fw-la confirmaverunt_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la fridgildo_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_fw-la in_o adjectione_n judiciorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n &_o exoniam_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n cap._n 1._o et_fw-la est_fw-la imprimis_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la parcatur_fw-la alicui_fw-la latroni_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o annos_fw-la et_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o d._n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la verè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquisitum_fw-la quod_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la quin_fw-la occidatur_fw-la &_o capiatur_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap_n 14._o nec_fw-la tacendum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la praetereundum_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ullum_fw-la augmentum_fw-la excogitare_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrum_fw-la fridgildum_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la gratanter_fw-la excipiamus_fw-la sicut_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o nostrum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o in_o deo_fw-la confidimus_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la domino_fw-la cap._n 15._o si_fw-mi totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la complere_fw-la volumus_fw-la res_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la meliorabitur_fw-la contra_fw-la fures_fw-la quam_fw-la antea_fw-la fuit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la remissius_fw-la egerimus_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o vadiis_fw-la quae_fw-la simul_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la rex_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipit_fw-la timere_fw-la possumus_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la scire_fw-la quod_fw-la fures_fw-la isti_fw-la regnabunt_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la teneamus_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la sicut_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la placeat_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la insistamus_fw-la et_fw-la peragamus_fw-la quo●_n ipse_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la amplius_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la jocunditate_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la votione_fw-la parati_fw-la sum_fw-la we_o cap._n 17._o item_n quod_fw-la sapientes_fw-la omnes_fw-la dederunt_fw-la vadium_fw-la suum_fw-la insimul_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n quando_fw-la ealpheagus_fw-la scyb_n et_fw-fr brithnodus_n odonis_fw-la filius_fw-la veneruut_n ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la regis_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vadium_fw-la capiat_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la comitatu_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la servandâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la apud_fw-la fefresham_n et_fw-la quartâ_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n coram_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la et_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la quas_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la nominavit_fw-la qui_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la judicia_fw-la conservaverunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n fuerunt_fw-la instituta_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap._n 18._o item_n quod_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la praecepit_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praepositis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la pacem_fw-la ita_fw-la custodiant_fw-la sicut_fw-la recitavit_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la svi_fw-la cap._n 19_o item_n rex_fw-la dixit_fw-la nunc_fw-la iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thitlan●_n birig_n sapientibus_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ostendi_fw-la atchiepiscopo_n et_fw-la caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la miserabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la tàm_fw-la juvenis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la vel_fw-la protàm_fw-la paruâ_fw-la re_fw-la sicut_fw-la innotuit_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la ubique_fw-la fiebat_fw-la dixit_fw-la itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la videbatur_fw-la et_fw-la eye_n cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la egerat_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la junior_a quam_fw-la quindecim_fw-la annorum_fw-la nisi_fw-la se_fw-la defendere_fw-la velit_fw-la vel_fw-la aufugere_fw-la et_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ire_n velit_fw-la ut_fw-la tunc_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sic_fw-la major_n sit_fw-la minor_fw-la qualiscunque_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la dederit_fw-la ponatur_fw-la in_o carcere_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la greateleyam_n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la idem_fw-la redimatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecepit_fw-la rex_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la pro_fw-la minori_fw-la precio_fw-la quam_fw-la 12_o d._n nisi_fw-la fugiat_fw-la vel_fw-la repugnet_fw-la ne_fw-la dubitetur_fw-la tunc_fw-la licet_fw-la minus_fw-la si_fw-mi haec_fw-la ita_fw-la conservemus_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la confidimus_fw-la quod_fw-la pax_fw-la nostra_fw-la melior_fw-la erit_fw-la quam_fw-la antea_fw-la fuit_fw-la as_o these_o passage_n demonstrate_v the_o proceed_n of_o the_o parliamenrary_a council_n in_o that_o age_n unknown_a to_o most_o for_o which_o end_n i_o have_v transcribe_v they_o at_o large_a so_o they_o clear_o prove_v that_o thief_n or_o felon_n much_o less_o other_o english_a freeman_n can_v not_o be_v imprison_v kill_v put_v to_o death_n fine_v or_o ransom_v but_o by_o special_a act_n and_o law_n make_v in_o general_n parliamentary_a 6._o council_n nor_o any_o law_n make_v enact_v or_o alter_v in_o such_o council_n but_o by_o the_o king_n royal_a assent_n thereto_o who_o then_o frequent_o summon_v they_o and_o all_o the_o member_n ofthem_fw-mi by_o writ_n and_o nomination_n without_o the_o people_n election_n henry_n de_fw-fr knyghton_n de_fw-fr eventibus_fw-la angliae_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 5._o and_o warwick_n some_o other_o fabulous_a author_n relate_v that_o in_o 932._o the_o eight_o year_n of_o king_n aethelstans_n reign_n olaus_n king_n of_o denmark_n golanus_fw-la king_n of_o norwey_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n with_o 8_o duke_n and_o 5_o hundred_o thousand_o soldier_n arrive_v in_o england_n bring_v with_o they_o out_o of_o 10._o africa_n a_o giant_n call_v colybrand_n the_o strong_a and_o most_o famous_a at_o that_o time_n throughout_o the_o world_n whereupon_o king_n aethelstan_n hear_v of_o their_o come_n congregavit_fw-la magnates_fw-la assemble_v his_o nobleman_n at_o winchester_n to_o advice_n with_o they_o how_o they_o may_v resist_v the_o enemy_n and_o fight_v with_o they_o in_o battle_n thar_z while_n king_n aethelstan_n vacaret_fw-la tali_fw-la coneilio_fw-la et_fw-la congregatione_fw-la populi_fw-la svi_fw-la in_o wintonia_n the_o foresay_a king_n come_v upon_o he_o with_o their_o army_n and_o besiege_v he_o cum_fw-la baronia_fw-la sua_fw-la with_o his_o baton_n in_o that_o city_n for_o two_o year_n space_n neither_o dare_v the_o english_a sight_n with_o they_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o multitude_n and_o power_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o make_v this_o agteement_n that_o king_n aethelstan_n shall_v find_v out_o one_o champion_n to_o fight_v a_o single_a duel_n with_o colybrand_n that_o in_o all_o future_a time_n the_o realm_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v hold_v of_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n under_o a_o tribute_n and_o if_o colybrand_n be_v conquer_v by_o aethelstans_n champion_n rhen_n olaus_n shall_v forfeit_v and_o disclaim_v the_o realm_n of_o england_n for_o he_o and_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o and_o no_o king_n of_o denmark_n shall_v afterward_o lay_v claim_n to_o the_o realm_n of_o england_n nor_o yet_o molest_v it_o that_o the_o king_n in_o near_a one_o whole_a year_n space_n can_v not_o find_v out_o a_o champion_n to_o encounter_v colybrand_n whereupon_o he_o and_o his_o noble_n be_v very_o much_o trouble_v at_o last_o god_n by_o a_o angel_n from_o heaven_n direct_v the_o king_n to_o sin_v out_o guy_n of_o warwick_n come_v thither_o as_o a_o pilgrim_n who_o undertake_v to_o encounter_v colybrand_n and_o after_o a_o sharp_a battle_n with_o he_o in_o the_o view_n of_o both_o king_n and_o their_o army_n cut_v off_o one_o of_o his_o hand_n and_o after_o that_o his_o head_n by_o which_o victory_n the_o whole_a land_n of_o england_n enjoy_v the_o unviolated_a privilege_n of_o rest_n and_o liberty_n from_o the_o danish_a king_n until_o cnute_n king_n of_o denmark_n gain_v the_o realm_n of_o england_n from_o edmund_n ironside_n but_o this_o relation_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o history_n and_o the_o stream_n of_o all_o our_o historiographer_n i_o shall_v repute_v it_o mere_o fabulous_a though_o i_o can_v not_o well_o omit_v it_o for_o that_o relation_n it_o have_v to_o this_o my_o theme_n and_o precedent_a proposition_n 378._o william_n of_o malmesbury_n and_o other_o out_o of_o he_o record_n that_o elfrid_n a_o noble_a man_n who_o oppose_v aethelstans_n title_n to_o the_o crown_n though_o in_o vain_a intend_v to_o have_v seize_v on_o he_o at_o winchester_n and_o put_v out_o his_o eye_n but_o his_o treason_n be_v discover_v before_o it_o come_v to_o the_o accomplishment_n he_o be_v take_v and_o send_v to_o rome_n to_o purge_v himself_o by_o oath_n where_o before_o the_o altar_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o pope_n john_n the_o 10_o he_o abjure_v the_o fact_n and_o thereupon_o fall_v sudden_o down_o dead_a to_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v carry_v from_o before_o the_o altar_n by_o his_o servant_n to_o the_o english_a school_n he_o there_o die_v within_o three_o day_n after_o upon_o this_o the_o pope_n send_v to_o the_o king_n to_o 10._o advise_v what_o he_o shall_v do_v with_o he_o and_o whether_o he_o shall_v allow_v he_o burial_n with_o other_o christian_a corpse_n the_o king_n hereupon_o assemble_v a_o council_n of_o his_o noble_n to_o advise_v about_o it_o optimates_fw-la regionis_fw-la the_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n with_o a_o great_a company_n of_o elfrids_n kindred_n earnest_o request_v of_o the_o king_n with_o great_a humility_n that_o his_o body_n may_v

ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sed_fw-la justitia_fw-la pacificans_fw-la pro_fw-la necessitate_v populi_fw-la exquiratur_fw-la ne_fw-la pro_fw-la levi_fw-la re_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pretium_fw-la quod_fw-la profundè_fw-la redemit_fw-la desperet_fw-la lex_fw-la 26._o praecipimus_fw-la nè_fw-la christiani_n passim_fw-la in_o exilio_fw-la vendantur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o gentilitatem_fw-la nè_fw-la forte_fw-fr pereant_fw-la animae_fw-la quas_fw-la propria_fw-la vita_fw-la sua_fw-la mercatus_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la lex_fw-la 31._o omnis_fw-la injustitia_fw-la deinceps_fw-la opprimatur_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la 9_o &_o brigbotam_fw-la &_o scipforthunga_n &_o frothunga_n qui_fw-la navigii_fw-la vel_fw-la expeditionis_fw-la sonant_fw-la apparatum_fw-la sedulo_fw-la procuremus_fw-la cum_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la common_a regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la commodum_fw-la et_fw-la perquiramus_fw-la simul_fw-la modis_fw-la o●…_n quo_fw-la modo_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la possit_fw-la consilium_fw-la ad_fw-la profectum_fw-la populi_fw-la obtineri_fw-la rectaque_fw-la christianitas_fw-la propensius_fw-la erigi_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la injustum_fw-la est_fw-la solertius_fw-la en●rvari_fw-la lex_fw-la 34._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la deinceps_fw-la vnlage_n i._n e._n non_fw-la legem_fw-la erigat_fw-la vel_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicet_fw-la pro_fw-la laesione_n vel_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la susceptione_n sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la cxx_o s._n reus_fw-la in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la juramento_fw-la audeat_fw-la inveritare_fw-la quod_fw-la rectin_n nescivit_fw-la judicare_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la suae_fw-la legalitatis_fw-la semper_fw-la amittat_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la eam_fw-la redimat_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la sicut_fw-la ei_fw-la permittetur_fw-la in_o denelaga_n lathslithes_n reus_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la juret_fw-la quod_fw-la melius_fw-la nescivit_fw-la lex_fw-la 36._o qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la accusare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la pecunia_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pernoscatur_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la perdat_fw-la vel_fw-la weregildo_n redimatur_fw-la lex_fw-la 37._o nemo_fw-la regem_fw-la requiret_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la facienda_fw-la dum_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o requiratur_fw-la hundredum_fw-la secundum_fw-la witam_n sicut_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 38._o et_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la ter_z burgimotus_fw-la &_o scyremotus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannus_n et_fw-la doceant_fw-la ibi_fw-la deirectum_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la injustitia_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la injustitia_fw-la est_fw-la festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la locis_fw-la propensius_fw-la interdicta_fw-la semperque_fw-la sicui_fw-la homo_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la majoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sic_fw-la debet_fw-la solertius_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la seculo_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la emenda●e_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la gratam_fw-mi emendationem_fw-la sedulo_fw-la per_fw-la quiramus_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la et_fw-la se●_n cularem_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 83._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la quoquo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d modo_fw-la traectaverit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la ●t_z omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la nisi_fw-la triplici_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la lex_fw-la 91._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la vel_fw-la brigbotam_fw-la 1._o burgi_fw-la vel_fw-la pontis_fw-la refectionem_fw-la vel_fw-la firdfare_n 1._o in_o exercitum_fw-la ire_n supersedeat_fw-la emendet_fw-la hoc_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la c._n xx_o s._n in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la in_o denelaga_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la stetit_fw-la antea_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la nominentur_fw-la ei_fw-la 14._o et_fw-la acquirat_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v 11._o lex_fw-la 96._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la alleviatio_fw-la quam_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la praevidere_fw-la volo_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuerant_fw-la aggravati_fw-la praecipio_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la rogem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundnm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la it_o à_fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la equi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la lorica_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à_fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la 9_o in_o expeditione_n navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la per_fw-la that_fw-mi omne_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la ipsa_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la transeat_fw-la lex_fw-la 105._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la sit_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la relevatitone_n condonatae_fw-la et_fw-la habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la terram_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la rect●_n dividant_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la lex_fw-la 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