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ordinari_fw-la super_fw-la negotiis_fw-la ante_fw-la dictis_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la pro_fw-la defectu_fw-la potestatis_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la seu_fw-la propter_fw-la improvidam_fw-la electionem_fw-la milit_fw-la '_o civium_fw-la aut_fw-la burgensium_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la dicta_fw-la negotia_fw-la infecta_fw-la non_fw-la remaneant_fw-la quovismodo_fw-la nolumus_fw-la autem_fw-la quod_fw-la tu_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la alius_fw-la vic'_fw-la dicti_fw-la reg_fw-la nostri_fw-la aliqualiter_fw-la sit_fw-la electus_fw-la et_fw-la electionem_fw-la illam_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la factam_fw-la distincte_n &_o aperte_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la &_o sigillis_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la electioni_fw-la illi_fw-la interfuerint_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o cancellar_n '_o nostram_fw-la ad_fw-la dict'_fw-it diem_fw-la &_o locum_fw-la certifices_fw-la indilate_v remittens_fw-la nobis_fw-la alteram_fw-la partem_fw-la indenturarum_fw-la praedictarum_fw-la praesentibus_fw-la 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