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bagnall_n bagnall_n john_n 10._o 11._o what_o shall_v be_v judge_v utmost_a extremity_n to_o excuse_v a_o governor_n and_o what_o not_o etc._n etc._n etc._n see_v the_o doom_n of_o cowardice_n &_o treachery_n object_n answer_n answer_n page_n 1._o 2_o king_n 19_o 35._o isa_n 37._o 36._o 37._o 2_o king_n 7._o 2_o chron._n 20._o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o 25._o act_n 23._o 13._o 14._o 9_o paradox_n 1._o answ_n 1._o 2._o 3._o paradox_n 2._o 2._o he_o shall_v have_v add_v banbury_n and_o oxford_n to_o the_o catalogue_n answer_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 5._o judge_n 9_o 50._o 51._o 53._o 53._o eccles_n 9_o 11._o 11._o letter_n to_o his_o excellency_n p._n 4._o relation_n 9_o 9_o livi._n rom._n hist_o l._n 9_o 9_o see_v graftons_n chron._n p._n 211._o 212._o 213._o 213._o yea_o houden_n annal._n pars_fw-la prio_fw-la p._n 461._o style_n it_o castrum_n fortissimum_fw-la in_o william_n rufus_n his_o reign_n 6._o 7._o paradox_n 3._o answ_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 4._o see_v his_o relation_n pag._n 13._o 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