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consentientibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la d._n vitale_n patriarcha_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la episcopis_fw-la nostris_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la primatibus_fw-la venetiae_n nos_n vitalis_n michael_n etc._n etc._n cum_fw-la judicibus_fw-la &_o sapientibus_fw-la atque_fw-la populi_n veneti_n collaudatione_fw-la &_o confirmatione_fw-la concedimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n nothing_o can_v be_v conclude_v from_o thence_o but_o that_o the_o doge_fw-it of_o venice_n may_v have_v a_o particular_a council_n compose_v of_o person_n select_v according_a to_o his_o fancy_n to_o deliberate_v with_o he_o as_o the_o king_n of_o rome_n do_v ancient_o with_o their_o senate_n and_o this_o be_v so_o clear_a that_o those_o assembly_n in_o the_o annal_n of_o venice_n be_v call_v the_o duke_n council_n express_o dux_n cum_fw-la svo_fw-la consilio_fw-la armare_fw-la decrevit_fw-la ipse_fw-la cum_fw-la svo_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o suis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la constituit_fw-la from_o whence_o it_o follow_v that_o these_o councillor_n which_o vitale_n michaeli_n call_v consiliorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la participes_fw-la