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angliae_fw-la de_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la forestae_fw-la hanc_fw-la occasionem_fw-la praetendens_fw-la quod_fw-la chartae_fw-la illae_fw-la concessae_fw-la fuerant_fw-la &_o libertates_fw-la scriptae_fw-la &_o signatae_fw-la dum_fw-la ipse_fw-la erat_fw-la in_o custodia_fw-la nec_fw-la svi_fw-la corporis_fw-la aut_fw-la sigilli_fw-la aliquam_fw-la habuit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la m._n paris_n p._n 232._o sin_n autem_fw-la ipsi_fw-la illum_fw-la gladiis_fw-la discurrentibus_fw-la compellerent_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la super_fw-la his_fw-la satisfaceret_fw-la competenter_fw-la m._n paris_n p._n 233._o and_o if_o he_o do_v not_o they_o will_v compel_v he_o by_o the_o sword_n to_o make_v he_o competent_a satisfaction_n
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