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be_v plentiful_o store_v 3_o the_o air_n though_o not_o very_o
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david_n and_o by_o ada_n his_o young_a daughter_n fall_v to_o hastings_n earl_n of_o pembroke_n and_o now_o be_v revert_v to_o the_o king_n to_o the_o same_o earl_n david_n by_o gift_n of_o the_o former_a king_n come_v alcumesbury_n and_o by_o the_o bounty_n of_o john_n scot_n his_o son_n to_o segrave_n and_o so_o to_o the_o lord_n barkley_n the_o late_a possessor_n to_z quincyâ—arle_fw-fr â—arle_z of_o winthester_n be_v keston_n by_o henry_n the_o second_o give_v by_o who_o heir_n general_a ferrars_n it_o come_v to_o the_o late_a earl_n of_o essex_n and_o by_o exchange_n to_o the_o crown_n 10_o toulesland_n hundred_n take_v name_n likewise_o of_o a_o town_n therein_o situate_a in_o the_o out_o angle_n of_o this_o to_o the_o memory_n of_o s._n neotus_fw-la a_o monk_n of_o glasterbury_n but_o the_o suppose_a son_n to_o 〈◊〉_d king_n of_o the_o westsaxon_n who_o body_n from_o 〈◊〉_d in_o cornwall_n be_v transfer_v to_o arnalphesbury_n then_o of_o arnulphus_n a_o holy_a man_n now_o 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dead_a and_o ruine_a lie_n rutland-shire_n chapter_n xxix_o rutland-shire_n the_o least_o of_o any_o county_n in_o this_o realm_n be_v circulate_v upon_o the_o north_n with_o lincolnshire_n upon_o the_o east_n and_o south_n by_o the_o river_n weland_n be_v part_v from_o northampton_n shire_n and_o the_o west_n be_v altogether_o hold_v in_o with_o leicester-shire_n 2_o the_o form_n thereof_o be_v round_o and_o no_o large_a in_o compass_n then_o a_o light_a horseman_n can_v easy_o ride_v about_o in_o a_o day_n upon_o which_o occasion_n some_o will_v have_v the_o shire_n name_v of_o one_o rutilio_n that_o so_o ride_v but_o other_o from_o the_o redness_n of_o the_o soil_n will_v have_v it_o call_v rutland_n and_o so_o the_o old_a english-saxons_a call_v it_o for_o that_o roet_fw-mi and_o rutilio_n be_v in_o their_o tongue_n red_a with_o we_o and_o may_v very_o well_o
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