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〈◊〉_d episcopi_fw-la mensuram_fw-la omnes_fw-la institutae_fw-la sint_fw-la &_o exequatae_fw-la per_fw-la suâ—m_fw-la scrysiseyra_n dioecesin_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la pondus_fw-la constet_fw-la secundum_fw-la dictionem_fw-la eius_fw-la &_o si_fw-la aliquid_fw-la controversiarum_fw-la intersit_fw-la discernat_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vniuscuiusque_fw-la domini_fw-la proprium_fw-la est_fw-la &_o necesse_fw-la ut_fw-la seruis_fw-la condescendat_fw-la tithe_n &_o compatiatur_fw-la sicut_fw-la indulgentius_fw-la poterit_fw-la quia_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la viventi_fw-la sunt_fw-la aeque_fw-la chari_fw-la seruus_fw-la &_o libre_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la uno_fw-la &_o eodem_fw-la pretio_fw-la redemit_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la sumus_fw-la deo_fw-la necessariò_fw-la serui_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la iudicabit_fw-la nos_fw-la sicut_fw-la antè_fw-la iudicavimus_fw-la eos_fw-la in_fw-la quos_fw-la potestatem_fw-la iudicij_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la habebimus_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la eye_v parcamus_fw-la qui_fw-la nobis_fw-la parere_fw-la debent_fw-la &_o tunc_fw-la manutenebimur_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la omnipotentis_fw-la proprio_fw-la iudicio_fw-la amen_n the_o say_v ethelstane_n beside_o prescribe_v other_o constitution_n also_o as_o touch_v tithe_n geve_v where_o he_o say_v and_o proclaim_v ego_fw-la ethelstanus_n rex_fw-la consilio_fw-la vâ—felmi_n archiepiscopi_fw-la mei_fw-la &_o aliorum_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la mando_fw-la praepositis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la in_fw-la nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o sanctorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la ut_fw-la inprimis_fw-la reddant_fw-la de_fw-la meo_fw-la proprio_fw-la decimas_fw-la deo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o vivente_fw-la capitali_fw-la quà m_fw-la in_o mortuis_fw-la frugibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la &_o episcopi_fw-la mei_fw-la similiter_fw-la faciant_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la proprio_fw-la &_o aldermanni_n mei_fw-la &_o praepositi_fw-la mei_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o be_v i_o ethelstane_n king_n charge_n and_o 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