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cunis_fw-la agentes_fw-la barbaris_fw-la miâ—terent_fw-la occidendos_fw-la king_n cnute_n hear_v this_o their_o palpable_a flattery_n and_o contemptuous_a rejection_n of_o edwin_n and_o the_o saxon_a regal_a line_n go_v joyful_o into_o his_o chamber_n and_o call_v perfidious_a duke_n edric_n to_o he_o demand_v of_o he_o how_o he_o may_v deceive_v prince_n edwin_n so_o as_o to_o have_v he_o murder_v who_o thereupon_o inform_v he_o how_o and_o by_o who_o his_o murder_n may_v be_v accomplish_v by_o promise_a reward_n of_o money_n and_o preferment_n which_o be_v according_o effect_v soon_o after_o by_o cnutes_n procurement_n and_o command_n this_o edric_n likewise_o persuade_v cnute_n to_o slay_v prince_n edward_n and_o edmond_n king_n edmond_n son_n whereupon_o statuit_fw-la cnuto_fw-mi mirabiliter_fw-la in_o animo_fw-la svo_fw-la omne_fw-la genus_fw-la gentis_fw-la regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la perdere_fw-la vel_fw-la exilio_fw-la perenni_fw-la eliminare_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la filiis_fw-la suis_fw-la jure_fw-la hâ—roditario_fw-la râ—servare_fw-la curaret_fw-la write_v matthew_n westminster_n p._n 402._o but_o because_o it_o may_v seem_v a_o great_a disgrace_n to_o he_o to_o murder_v these_o infant_n prince_n in_o england_n he_o afterward_o send_v they_o over_o sea_n to_o king_n swain_n to_o slay_v they_o in_o denmark_n who_o abhor_v the_o fact_n instead_o thereof_o send_v they_o to_o solomon_n king_n of_o hungary_n
meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la orga_fw-la regem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiamâ—_n vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundnm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la ità _fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la perâ—inet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la equi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuorâ—_n et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la laâ—ceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la lorica_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la 9_o lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la in_o expedâ—tione_fw-la navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la per_fw-la that_fw-mi omne_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la â—psius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la 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