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only_o hold_v piety_n guilty_a otherwise_o those_o time_n have_v not_o yield_v it_o the_o king_n send_v likewise_o hugh_n bishop_n of_o duresme_fw-fr with_o other_o commissioner_n to_o william_n king_n of_o scot_n to_o collect_v the_o tenthes_o in_o his_o country_n which_o he_o will_v not_o permit_v england_n provision_n by_o king_n henry_n in_o england_n but_o offer_v to_o give_v the_o king_n of_o england_n five_o thousand_o mark_n of_o silver_n for_o those_o tenthes_o and_o the_o castle_n which_o he_o claim_v but_o the_o king_n of_o england_n refuse_v the_o same_o whilst_o these_o preparation_n be_v in_o hand_n and_o the_o money_n collect_v a_o quarrel_n arise_v between_o richard_n earl_n of_o poictou_n and_o raymond_n earl_n of_o tholouse_n upon_o this_o occasion_n 33._o 1187._o anno._n reg._n 33._o the_o earl_n of_o tholouse_n by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o one_o peter_n suillar_n have_v take_v certain_a merchant_n of_o aquitaine_n and_o use_v they_o hardly_o the_o earl_n of_o 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