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fragment_n thereof_o say_v omnes_fw-la primitias_fw-la &_o decimas_fw-la tam_fw-la de_fw-la pecoribus_fw-la quam_fw-la de_fw-la frugibus_fw-la dive_v simul_fw-la &_o pauper_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la suis_fw-la rectè_fw-la offerant_fw-la the_o same_o cit_v mal._n 3_o and_o thereon_o say_v sicut_fw-la enim_fw-la dominus_fw-la omne_fw-la dedit_fw-la ita_fw-la de_fw-la omnibus_fw-la decimam_fw-la exigit_fw-la ut_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la agri_fw-la etc._n etc._n siquis_fw-la autem_fw-la haec_fw-la omne_fw-la non_fw-la decimaverit_fw-la praedo_fw-la dei_fw-la est_fw-la fur_n &_o latro_fw-la &_o maledicta_fw-la quae_fw-la intulit_fw-la dominus_fw-la cain_n congeruntur_fw-la that_o be_v all_o the_o first_o fruit_n and_o tithe_n both_o of_o cattle_n and_o fruit_n let_v both_o rich_a and_o poor_a due_o offer_v or_o set_v out_o to_o their_o church_n for_o as_o the_o lord_n give_v all_o so_o of_o all_o he_o require_v the_o ten_o as_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o field_n etc._n etc._n if_o any_o 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