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bern._n de_fw-fr cons_n ad_fw-la eugen._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 2_o &_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 3_o &_o cap._n 8._o epist_n 42_o ad_fw-la hen._n archiepisc._n seâ—onensis_n &_o apud_fw-la hugon_fw-la in_o postill_a super_fw-la johan_n cap._n 1._o epist._n 125._o council_n rhemens_n sub_fw-la capeto_fw-la &_o eius_fw-la filio_fw-la epist._n leodiensis_n ecclesiae_fw-la ad_fw-la paschalem_fw-la 2._o in_o 2._o volumine_fw-la conciliorum_fw-la acta_fw-la vita_fw-la paschalis_n sigon_n lib._n 9_o de_fw-la regno_fw-la itâ—l_fw-la radevie_n in_o appendice_fw-la frisingensis_n avent_n in_o boiâ—rum_n histor_n in_o oratione_fw-la archimistae_fw-la ad_fw-la proceres_fw-la imperij_fw-la petrus_n blessen_v in_o epist._n ad_fw-la quendam_fw-la officialem_fw-la sigeb_n â—onach_n gemblacen_n apud_fw-la aventin_n de_fw-fr tyrant_n pontificiâ—_n guilielm_n episc._n paris_n lib._n de_fw-fr collat._n benefic_n henric._n de_fw-fr erphordia_n de_fw-fr haiabalâ—_n circa_fw-la ann._n 1345._o petrarch_n lib._n epist_n 14_o epist_n 17._o epist_n 19_o nicho._n oresmus_fw-la in_o orat._n habit_n coram_fw-la papa_n vrban_n 5._o johan._n de_fw-fr rup_n sciss_fw-la in_o lib._n prophetico_fw-la cui_fw-la