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sh_z 17_o huntingdon_n sh_z 18_o kent_n 19_o lancashire_n 20_o leicester_n sh_z 21_o lincoln_n sh_z 22_o middlesex_n 23_o norfolk_n 24_o northampton_n sh_z 25_o northumberland_n 26_o nottingham_n sh_z 27_o oxford_n sh_z 28_o rutland_n sh_z 29_o shrop._n sh_n 30_o somerset_n sh_z 31_o stafford_n sh_z 32_o suffoll_n 33_o surrey_n 34_o sussex_n 35_o warwick_n sh_z 36_o westmoreland_n 37_o wilt._n sh_n 38_o worcester_n sh_z 39_o york_n sh_z 40_o anglesey_n be_v 41_o brecknock_n sh_z 42_o cardigan_n sh_z 43_o carnarvan_n sh_z 44_o carmarden_n sh_z 45_o denbigh_n sh_z 46_o flint_n sh_z 47_o glamorgan_n sh_z 48_o merion_v sh_z 49_o monmouth_n sh_z 50_o montgomery_n sh_z 51_o pembroke_n sh_z 52_o radnor_n sh_z it_o be_v divide_v into_o twenty_o hundred_o viz._n farington_n ganfield_n horme_a oak_n want_v shrivenham_n lainborn_n kentbury_n westisle_n morton_n faircrosse_n braye_n read_v charlton_n sonning_n cookham_n wargrove_n bernersh_n riplessmore_n theale_n and_o in_o these_o hundred_o be_v 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