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presentibus_fw-la procuratoribus_fw-la parium_fw-la in_o consilio_fw-la lugdunensi_fw-la satis_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la determinans_fw-la regnum_fw-la scotiae_fw-la regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la non_fw-la subesse_fw-la 3._o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v likewise_o petition_v the_o same_o pope_n innocent_a that_o he_o may_v have_v liberty_n to_o collect_v the_o tithe_n of_o scotland_n since_o he_o have_v right_o terrarum_fw-la omnium_fw-la suae_fw-la jurisdictioni_fw-la subjectarum_fw-la the_o same_o be_v also_o refuse_v 4._o pope_n boniface_n the_o eight_o do_v in_o a_o letter_n to_o edward_n king_n of_o england_n declare_v that_o ad_fw-la celsitudinem_fw-la regiam_fw-la potuit_fw-la pervenisse_fw-la qualiter_fw-la ab_fw-la antiquis_fw-la temporibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quodque_fw-la regnum_fw-la scotiae_fw-la sicut_fw-la accepimus_fw-la a_fw-la progenitoribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la regibus_fw-la feudale_n non_fw-la extitit_fw-la nec_fw-la existit_fw-la etc._n 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