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spelman_n 〈…〉_z in_o his_o glossary_n say_v willielmus_fw-la primus_fw-la conquestor_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quia_fw-la angliam_fw-la conquisivit_fw-la i._n e._n acquisivit_fw-la purchase_v non_fw-la quod_fw-la subegit_fw-la and_o sir_n john_n skene_n clerk_n of_o the_o register_n council_n and_o roll_n to_o king_n james_n in_o scotland_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr verborum_fw-la significatione_n pag._n 39_o write_v conquestus_fw-la signify_v land_n quhilk_n any_o person_n acquiris_fw-la and_o possessis_fw-la privato_fw-la jure_fw-la vel_fw-la singulari_fw-la titulo_fw-la vel_fw-la donatione_fw-la vel_fw-la singulari_fw-la aliquo_fw-la contractu_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o learned_a knight_n sir_n roger_n twiâ—den_n who_o well_o understand_v the_o force_n of_o the_o word_n conquestus_fw-la in_o his_o preface_n before_o that_o king_n law_n say_v non_fw-la existimo_fw-la lamberdum_fw-la willielmum_fw-la primum_fw-la de_fw-la omnium_fw-la anglorum_fw-la terris_fw-la ad_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la in_o
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but_o not_o long_o after_o odo_n 264._o bishop_n of_o baiox_n earl_n of_o kent_n geffrey_n bishop_n of_o constance_n robert_z earl_n of_o morton_n roger_n earl_n of_o shrewsbury_n and_o the_o great_a part_n of_o all_o the_o norman_a prelate_n and_o nobility_n in_o england_n enter_v into_o a_o conspiracy_n to_o make_v robert_n king_n and_o to_o deliver_v king_n william_n to_o his_o brother_n alive_a or_o dead_a and_o thereupon_o they_o take_v arm_n the_o king_n hear_v these_o thing_n and_o foresee_v his_o inevitable_a ruin_n if_o the_o english_a power_n do_v not_o preserve_v he_o cause_v the_o english_a to_o be_v assemble_v together_o and_o show_v they_o the_o treason_n of_o the_o norman_n and_o entreat_v and_o beg_v they_o to_o help_v and_o defend_v he_o upon_o this_o condition_n that_o if_o they_o will_v be_v faithful_a to_o he_o in_o that_o his_o necessity_n and_o distress_n he_o will_v grant_v they_o better_a law_n which_o they_o shall_v choose_v and_o will_v forbid_v or_o 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