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fault_n the_o repentance_n for_o they_o and_o humble_a submission_n to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o your_o censure_n may_v be_v as_o public_a in_o their_o respective_a county_n city_n and_o burrough_n as_o their_o bold_a invasion_n have_v be_v upon_o the_o indubitable_a right_n and_o privilege_n of_o the_o subject_a contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n 374._o mag._n chart._n 9_o h_n 3._o cap._n 9_o spelm._n glossar_n iâ—_n magna_fw-la charta_fw-la fol._n 374._o of_o the_o great_a charter_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o england_n augustissimum_fw-la anglicarum_fw-la libertatum_fw-la diploma_n &_o sacra_fw-la anchora_fw-la as_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n just_o call_v it_o which_o say_v that_o the_o city_n of_o london_n shall_v have_v all_o the_o old_a liberty_n and_o custom_n which_o it_o have_v be_v use_v to_o have_v moreover_o we_o will_v and_o grant_v that_o all_z other_z city_n burrough_n town_n and_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o five_o port_n and_o all_o other_o port_n shall_v have_v all_o their_o 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