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2._o annal._n par_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d math._n paris_n ypodig_n neustri_fw-la hector_n boetius_fw-la lib._n 13._o c._n 1._o say_v it_o be_v at_o london_n hist._n of_o camb._n john_n stow._n math._n paris_n paris_n roger_n hoveden_n math._n paris_n ypodigm_n neustr._fw-la rog._n hove_v guliel_n tyr._n hoveden_n an._n d._n 1158._o mah._n paris_n ab_fw-la a._n d._n 1158._o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la a._n d._n 1163._o rog_n hove_v an._n d._n 1163._o the_o great_a contention_n between_o the_o king_n and_o becket_n archbish._n of_o canterbury_n canterbury_n mat._n paris_n &_o alis_fw-la leg_n end_n aur_fw-it in_o vita_fw-la tho._n tho._n polydor._fw-la l._n 13._o but_o m._n fox_n deny_v it_o it_o gal._n wigorniensis_n say_v he_o be_v doctor_n oxoniensis_n nubrigensis_n l_o 2._o c._n 16._o ut_fw-la conregnare_fw-la videretur_fw-la geruasius_n ad_fw-la an._n 1154._o regis_fw-la rector_n &_o quasi_fw-la magister_fw-la magister_fw-la fox_n in_o acts._n p_o 264._o 264._o nubrig_n l_o 2._o c._n 16._o houcden_n 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