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suum_fw-la 12_o de_fw-fr militibus_fw-la de_fw-fr visum_fw-la de_fw-fr n._n qui_fw-la melius_fw-la sciant_fw-la &_o velint_fw-la dicere_fw-la veritatem_fw-la adfaciendam_fw-la recognitionem_fw-la magnae_fw-la assurae_fw-la inter_fw-la a._n petent_fw-la &_o b._n tenent_fw-la de_fw-fr uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-it cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o n._n unde_fw-la idem_fw-la b._n qui_fw-la tenens_fw-la est_fw-la posuit_fw-la secum_fw-la magnam_fw-la ass._n nostram_fw-la &_o petit_fw-la recognitionem_fw-la fieri_fw-la utrum_fw-la eorum_fw-la habent_fw-la jus_o in_fw-la messuagium_fw-la praed_fw-we b._n qui_fw-la tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la ibi_fw-la auditurus_fw-la illam_fw-la electionem_fw-la &_o habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la nomina_fw-la praed_fw-we milit_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o upon_o the_o return_n of_o this_o writ_n those_o four_o knight_n must_v appear_v gladiis_fw-la cuncti_fw-la dier_n 79._o fol._n 103._o if_o the_o tenant_n make_v his_o election_n by_o battle_n each_o party_n be_v to_o choose_v their_o champion_n and_o the_o court_n shall_v award_v the_o battle_n and_o the_o champion_n shall_v be_v at_o mainprize_n and_o swear_v to_o perform_v the_o battle_n at_o a_o certain_a day_n in_o the_o term_n and_o idem_fw-la dies_fw-la shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o party_n at_o which_o day_n and_o place_n a_o list_n shall_v be_v make_v in_o a_o even_a and_o plain_a ground_n there_o quadrant_a that_o be_v to_o say_v every_o way_n sixty_o foot_n square_a and_o the_o place_n or_o court_n for_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o common_a plea_n without_o and_o upon_o the_o list_n furnish_v with_o the_o same_o clothes_n which_o belong_v to_o their_o court_n at_o westminster_n and_o a_o bar_n shall_v be_v there_o make_v for_o the_o sergeant_n at_o law_n and_o the_o robe_n of_o the_o justice_n and_o sergeant_n shall_v be_v of_o scarlet_n with_o their_o coif_n on_o as_o it_o be_v the_o thirteen_o of_o eliz._n and_o then_o be_v make_v proclamation_n with_o three_o 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shall_v have_v the_o land_n to_o he_o and_o to_o his_o heir_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o demandant_n and_o his_o pledge_n de_fw-fr prosequendo_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la reginae_fw-la and_o afterward_o solemn_a proclamation_n be_v make_v that_o the_o champion_n and_o all_o other_o there_o present_a which_o be_v by_o estimation_n above_o four_o thousand_o person_n may_v depart_v every_o man_n in_o the_o peace_n of_o god_n and_o the_o queen_n &_o sic_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la magno_fw-la clamoro_fw-la vivat_fw-la regina_fw-la also_o if_o false_a judgement_n be_v give_v in_o the_o country_n which_o be_v the_o sheriff_n court_n than_o the_o writ_n shall_v be_v thus_o henricus_n etc._n etc._n vicecomiti_fw-la lincoln_n salutem_fw-la si_fw-la a._n fecerit_fw-la etc._n etc._n tum_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la per_fw-la breve_fw-la nostrum_fw-la de_fw-la recto_fw-la inter_fw-la johannem_fw-la l._n petentem_fw-la &_o will._n b._n tenentem_fw-la de_fw-la uno_fw-la messuagio_fw-mi &_o centum_fw-la acris_fw-la terrae_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o c._n unde_fw-la idem_fw-la i._n l._n queritur_fw-la falsum_fw-la sibi_fw-la factum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la judicium_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la &_o record_n illud_fw-la habeas_fw-la coram_fw-la justiciariis_fw-la juris_fw-la apud_fw-la westminsterium_fw-la tali_fw-la die_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o per_fw-la quatuor_fw-la legales_fw-la milites_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la comitatus_fw-la &_o illos_fw-la qui_fw-la recordo_fw-la illi_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la &_o summoneas_fw-la per_fw-la bonos_fw-es summonitores_fw-la praedictum_fw-la b._n quod_fw-la tunc_fw-la sit_fw-la ibi_fw-la auditurus_fw-la recordum_fw-la illud_fw-la &_o habeas_fw-la ibi_fw-la sua_fw-la nomina_fw-la quatuor_fw-la militum_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la fitz._n nat._n brev._n itidem_fw-la e._n and_o those_o four_o must_v be_v knight_n indeed_o also_o the_o justice_n upon_o consideration_n of_o the_o usual_a word_n in_o every_o writ_n of_o venire_fw-la facias_fw-la coram_fw-la etc._n etc._n duodecim_fw-la tum_fw-la milites_fw-la quam_fw-la alios_fw-la liberos_fw-la &_o legales_fw-la homines_fw-la etc._n etc._n say_v that_o these_o word_n tum_fw-la milites_fw-la be_v not_o at_o the_o first_o put_v into_o the_o writ_n without_o effect_n plowden_n 117._o b._n for_o it_o seem_v that_o in_o diebus_fw-la