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error_n be_v that_o it_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o chief_a justice_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n 1._o lib._n ntrac_n fol._n 302._o c._n 1._o quia_fw-la in_o recordo_fw-la &_o processu_fw-la ac_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o redditione_n judicii_fw-la loquelae_fw-la quae_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o curiâ_fw-la nostrâ_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la error_n intervenit_fw-la manifestus_fw-la ad_fw-la grave_n damnum_fw-la etc._n etc._n nos_fw-la errorem_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la modo_fw-la debito_fw-la corrigi_fw-la &_o partibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o celerem_fw-la justitiam_fw-la fieri_fw-la volentes_fw-la in_fw-la hâc_fw-la parte_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quòd_fw-la recordum_fw-la &_o processum_fw-la loquela_fw-la illius_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ea_fw-la tangentibus_fw-la in_fw-la praesens_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la tuo_fw-la distinctè_fw-la &_o apertè_fw-la mittas_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la breve_fw-la ut_fw-la inspectis_fw-la etc._n 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