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the_o rest_n of_o his_o suffragans_fw-la solemn_o pronounce_v the_o sentence_n of_o excommunication_n whiâ—h_o than_o be_v a_o feâ—_n full_a thunderbolt_n against_o all_o such_o who_o shall_v contradict_v those_o article_n which_o be_v there_o public_o read_v before_o the_o baron_n and_o commons_o of_o the_o realm_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o king_n among_o which_o the_o observation_n and_o execution_n of_o magnae_fw-la charta_fw-la be_v require_v with_o all_o other_o ordinance_n necessary_a for_o the_o church_n and_o kingdom_n and_o that_o as_o the_o say_a king_n have_v do_v all_o stranger_n shall_v be_v banish_v the_o court_n and_o kingdom_n and_o all_o ill_a councillor_n remove_v that_o the_o business_n of_o the_o state_n shall_v be_v treat_v on_o by_o the_o council_n of_o the_o clergy_n and_o the_o noble_n that_o the_o king_n shall_v not_o begin_v any_o war_n or_o go_v any_o way_n out_o os_fw-la the_o kingdom_n without_o the_o common_a council_n of_o the_o same_o daniel_n 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p._n 35._o charles_n stewart_n guilty_a of_o treason_n p._n 52_o 53_o 54_o 55_o 57_o c._n r._n aught_o to_o be_v execute_v p._n 57_o d_o duke_n of_o normandy_n first_o second_o three_o four_o five_o six_o and_o seven_o p._n 87._o duke_n marquess_n and_o viscount_v not_o in_o england_n when_o the_o great_a charter_n be_v make_v p._n 98._o davies_n sir_n i._o clotworthy_v friend_n his_o baseness_n pag._n 102_o 103_o 104_o 105_o 106._o e_o edwardus_fw-la râ—x_fw-la segnier_n pag._n 15_o 16_o 88_o his_o gallant_a law_n p._n 16._o edward_n the_o second_o p._n 26_o 27_o 57_o 58._o depose_v and_o his_o elder_a son_n choose_v p._n 27_o 58_o 59_o edward_n the_o three_o pag._n 27_o 28_o 29_o 30._o excommunication_n for_o infringe_v magna_fw-la charta_fw-la p._n 28._o edward_n 4._o and_o 5._o p._n 30_o 31._o earl_n of_o manchester_n and_o colonel_n king_n baseness_n p._n 49_o 10â—_o englishmen_n make_v slave_n by_o the_o norman_n p._n 90._o f_o false_a imprisonment_n it_o be_v to_o detain_v the_o 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