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avoient_fw-fr droiturell_n possession_n mes_fw-fr de_fw-fr ouster_n eux_fw-fr que_fw-fr de_fw-fr leur_fw-fr tort_fw-fr avoâent_fw-fr occupy_v ascun_fw-fr terre_fw-fr en_fw-fr disheritance_n del_fw-it roy_n &_o son_n corone_n it_o be_v speak_v upon_o a_o objection_n make_v in_o a_o quo_fw-la warranto_fw-la against_o the_o abbot_n of_o peterborough_n touch_v a_o charter_n of_o king_n edgar_n which_o the_o king_n council_n will_v have_v have_v void_a because_o by_o the_o conquest_n all_o franchise_n they_o say_v be_v devolve_v to_o the_o crown_n but_o by_o the_o way_n for_o that_o of_o his_o nearness_n of_o blood_n which_o can_v not_o but_o aid_v his_o other_o pretend_a title_n let_v it_o not_o seem_v mere_o vain_a in_o regard_n of_o his_o be_v a_o bastard_n there_o be_v good_a pretence_n for_o the_o help_n of_o that_o defect_n also_o for_o although_o the_o law_n of_o this_o kingdom_n and_o i_o think_v of_o all_o other_o civil_a state_n at_o this_o day_n exclude_v bastard_n without_o a_o 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that_o they_o shall_v be_v participes_fw-la consuetudinum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la dicunt_fw-la anhlote_n &_o anscote_n &_o persolvant_fw-la secundum_fw-la legem_fw-la anglorum_fw-la the_o meaning_n of_o the_o word_n anhlote_n 31._o sir_n h._n spelm._n gloss_n verbo_fw-la anhlote_n f._n 31._o and_o anscote_n as_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n inform_v we_o be_v vulgò_fw-la scot_n &_o lot_n that_o be_v that_o every_o such_o french_a man_n shall_v not_o be_v charge_v with_o double_a tax_n and_o duty_n as_o a_o foreigner_n but_o that_o he_o shall_v pay_v his_o easy_a share_n and_o proportion_n as_o any_o natural_a english_a man._n but_o then_o ii_o it_o be_v in_o such_o a_o grand_a assembly_n of_o wise_a man_n of_o the_o kingdom_n where_o lanfranc_n be_v elect_v to_o the_o see_v of_o canterbury_n for_o it_o be_v by_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o prelate_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a people_n that_o be_v to_o say_v by_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n this_o likewise_o 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