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ofer_n eall_a englaland_n with_o provision_n against_o thief_n robber_n for_o the_o peace_n hue_n and_o cry_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v statute_n also_o for_o repair_v of_o burg_n and_o bridges_n scyrforhinga_n praefidii_fw-la fiat_fw-la apparatus_n terrestis_n ac_fw-la maritimus_n quoties_fw-la ejus_fw-la muneris_fw-la necessitas_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la obvenerit_fw-la and_o present_o after_o quae_fw-la ad_fw-la reipublicae_fw-la pertinent_a vtilitatem_fw-la among_o the_o crown-prerogative_n violata_fw-la pacis_fw-la &_o divitatae_fw-la militiae_fw-la mulcta_fw-la sheriff_n turn_v hundred_o and_o tything_n be_v here_o confirm_v and_o the_o twelve-year-old_a fealty_n with_o view_n of_o frankpledge_a but_o this_o oath_n be_v to_o the_o kingdom_n rather_o than_o to_o the_o king_n fidem_fw-la det_fw-la omni_fw-la se_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la aetate_fw-la tum_fw-la furti_fw-la tum_fw-la furti_fw-la societate_fw-la &_o conscientià _fw-la temperaturum_fw-la again_o of_o pass_v ordeal_n sythan_n tha_z gemot_n wae_n on_o winceaster_n since_o the_o parliament_n at_o winchester_n this_o be_v at_o oxford_n at_o after_o jussum_fw-la vero_fw-la ac_fw-la placitum_fw-la hoc_fw-la nostrum_fw-la si_fw-la praepositorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la incuriâ_fw-la omiserit_fw-la aut_fw-la exequi_fw-la aspernabitur_fw-la ex_fw-la nostrà _fw-la omnium_fw-la sententia_fw-la regi_fw-la 120_o s._n dependito_fw-la a_o clear_a parliament_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la alium_fw-la injustè_fw-fr armis_fw-la spoliavit_fw-la eam_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la loco_fw-la colli_n obstricti_fw-la mulctam_fw-la dependito_fw-la healsfange_n it_o be_v also_o in_o the_o same_o law_n the_o punishment_n of_o false_a witness_n some_o think_v it_o the_o pillory_n some_o worse_a as_o the_o original_a of_o that_o proverbial_a litany_n from_o hell_n and_o from_o halefax_n see_v k._n hen._n law_n and_o helfang_n si_fw-mi quis_fw-la in_o militiâ_fw-la perfectione_n militari_fw-la pacem_fw-la violaverit_fw-la vita_fw-la vel_fw-la 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