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vester_fw-ge &_o tremor_n vester_fw-ge erit_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la animal_n terrae_fw-la &_o super_fw-la cunctum_fw-la volatile_a coeli_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la scimus_fw-la ex_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la tellurem_fw-la à _fw-la noachid_n be_v seculis_fw-la aliquot_fw-la post_fw-la diluvium_fw-la esse_fw-la divisam_fw-la a_o japeto_n &_o filiis_fw-la ejus_fw-la divisae_fw-la sunt_fw-la insulae_fw-la gentium_fw-la in_o terris_fw-la suis_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la juxta_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la &_o juxta_fw-la familias_fw-la svas_fw-la in_o nationibus_fw-la suis_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o genes_n 10.25_o &_o 3._o ait_fw-fr moses_n scilicet_fw-la à _fw-la tanai_n fluvio_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o mare_fw-la atlanticum_n sâ—u_fw-la per_fw-la magnam_fw-la asiae_n occidentalis_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o septentrionem_fw-la vergit_fw-la partem_fw-la praeter_fw-la totam_fw-la europam_fw-la limitibus_fw-la juxta_fw-la familiaruâ—_n rumerum_fw-la designatis_fw-la sedes_fw-la ut_fw-la 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primogeniti_fw-la maâ—us_fw-la tradidisse_fw-la cunctosque_fw-la simul_fw-la monuisse_fw-la nequis_fw-la corum_fw-la fratris_fw-la fine_n invaderet_fw-la nec_fw-la injuriâ_fw-la alter_fw-la alterum_fw-la afficeret_fw-la quoniam_fw-la inde_fw-la ut_fw-la discordiarum_fw-la atque_fw-la bellorum_fw-la intestinorum_fw-la causa_fw-la oriretur_fw-la foret_fw-la necessum_fw-la selden_n mare_fw-la clausum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o to_o which_o i_o think_v fit_a to_o subjoin_v what_o he_o write_v in_o the_o same_o book_n cap._n 8._o how_o this_o partition_n be_v mystical_o in_o the_o mist_n of_o their_o invention_n observe_v by_o the_o heathen_a vera_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la loquuntur_fw-la poetae_fw-la ut_fw-la rect_n è_fw-mi lactantius_n sed_fw-la obtentu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la specieque_fw-la velata_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la veritatem_fw-la mendacio_fw-la velaverunt_fw-la ut_fw-la veritas_fw-la ipsa_fw-la persuasioni_fw-la publicae_fw-la nihil_fw-la derogaret_fw-la fabuloso_n quod_fw-la diximus_fw-la tempore_fw-la devictis_fw-la scribunt_fw-la titanibus_fw-la sort_n mundum_fw-la divisisse_fw-la deos_fw-la fratres_fw-la jupiter_fw-la pluronem_fw-la neptunum_n jovi_fw-la coelum_fw-la plutoni_fw-la inferna_fw-la neptuno_n mare_fw-la cessisse_fw-la rejectis_fw-la autem_fw-la augis_fw-la illis_fw-la de_fw-la sydereo_fw-la heic_fw-la coelo_fw-la seu_fw-la aethere_fw-la de_fw-la infernorum_fw-la seu_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la regno_fw-la &_o demum_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la tota_fw-la fratrum_fw-la omnium_fw-la post_fw-la divisionem_fw-la communi_fw-la quibus_fw-la patient_fw-la sibi_fw-la imponi_fw-la vulgus_fw-la sinebat_fw-la res_fw-la ipsâ—_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o larvatâ_fw-la hâc_fw-la historiâ_fw-la latere_fw-la veterum_fw-la aliquot_fw-la docuere_fw-la alia_fw-la omnine_a erat_fw-la non_fw-la deos_fw-la hosce_fw-la sed_fw-la homines_fw-la fuisse_fw-la asserunt_fw-la nec_fw-la coeli_fw-la sed_fw-la plagae_fw-la orientalis_fw-la ex_fw-la qua_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la lux_fw-la 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officinas_fw-la aâ—â—â—as_fw-la habent_fw-la vinum_fw-la quoque_fw-la sive_fw-la uvae_fw-la colligaâ—tur_fw-la sive_fw-la ipsum_fw-la in_o râ—gâ—o_n divendatur_fw-la sive_fw-la in_o exteras_fw-la regiones_fw-la navibus_fw-la deseratur_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 78._o alcabala_n or_o alcavala_n which_o as_o minshew_n do_v expound_v it_o be_v datio_fw-la redditus_fw-la census_n tributum_fw-la vectigal_n portorium_n and_o in_o english_a be_v render_v a_o impost_n custom_n tax_n toll_n or_o tribute_n and_o from_o our_o use_n of_o it_o be_v call_v gabell_n gabella_n gablum_fw-la he_o add_v that_o it_o come_v of_o the_o french_a word_n gabelle_n that_o be_v vecligal_n and_o have_v the_o same_o signification_n among_o our_o old_a writer_n as_o gabelle_n have_v in_o the_o french_a and_o then_o conclude_v gabella_n as_o cassan_n define_v it_o the_o consuet_n burg._n f._n 119._o est_fw-fr vectigal_a quod_fw-la solvitur_fw-la pro_fw-la bonis_fw-la mobilibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la pro_fw-la iis_fw-la quae_fw-la vehunâ—ur_fw-la distinguish_v it_o from_o tributum_fw-la for_o this_o reason_n quia_fw-la tributum_fw-la est_fw-la propriè_fw-la quod_fw-la fisco_fw-la vel_fw-la principi_fw-la solvatur_fw-la pro_fw-la rebus_fw-la immobilibus_fw-la and_o be_v the_o fame_n which_o mr._n s._n pag._n 23._o upon_o swine-gavel_a do_v cite_v et_fw-fr de_fw-fr viis._n xd._n de_fw-fr tribus_fw-la porcis_fw-la de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi venditis_fw-la in_o which_o place_n this_o de_fw-mi gablo_fw-mi signify_v for_o gable_n or_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o that_o imposition_n and_o certain_o may_v without_o any_o force_n upon_o the_o word_n be_v render_v at_o large_a as_o mr._n s._n have_v do_v it_o a_o rent_n for_o rent_n in_o latin_a be_v redditus_fw-la which_o be_v a_o payment_n make_v or_o give_v for_o any_o thing_n whatever_o and_o sir_n edward_n coke_n upon_o littleton_n write_v of_o rent_n say_v 213._o l._n 2._o c._n 12._o s_o 213._o that_o bysome_a redditus_fw-la dicitur_fw-la à _fw-la redeundo_fw-la quia_fw-la retro_fw-la it_o &_o quotannis_fw-la reddit_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o reddendo_fw-la inde_fw-la or_o reservando_fw-la inde_fw-la or_o the_o like_a be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o that_o the_o tenant_n or_o lessee_n shall_v pay_v so_o much_o out_o of_o the_o profit_n of_o the_o land_n for_o reddere_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la acceptum_fw-la aut_fw-la aliquam_fw-la partem_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la restituere_fw-la seu_fw-la reddere_fw-la est_fw-la quasi_fw-la retro_fw-la dare_v and_o hereof_o come_v redditus_fw-la for_o a_o rent_n and_o add_v this_o to_o it_o here_o note_v say_v he_o for_o the_o better_a understanding_n of_o ancient_a record_n statute_n charter_n etc._n etc._n that_o gabell_n or_o gavel_n gablum_fw-la gabellum_fw-la gabellettum_n galbellettum_n and_o gavillettum_n do_v signify_v a_o rent_n custom_n duty_n or_o service_n yield_v or_o do_v to_o the_o king_n or_o any_o other_o lord_n and_o then_o cite_v domesdey_n book_n which_o he_o have_v thus_o wallingford_n continet_fw-la cclxxvi_o hagas_n i_o e._n domos_fw-la reddentes_fw-la ix_o liberas_fw-la de_fw-la gablo_fw-mi i._n e._n de_fw-la redditu_fw-la the_o which_o i_o myself_o transcribe_v out_o of_o the_o original_a book_n find_v it_o to_o be_v thus_o in_o burgo_n de_fw-fr wallingeford_n habuit_fw-la rex_fw-la edw._n viii_o virgat_fw-la terre_fw-fr &_o in_o his_o erant_fw-la 276._o hage_n reddentes_fw-la xi_o lib._n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi so_o that_o liberas_fw-la shall_v be_v correct_v and_o read_v libras_fw-la the_o other_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o two_o citation_n be_v only_a sir_n edward_n coke_n his_o comment_n or_o construction_n of_o it_o berrochescire_fw-la xi_o lib._n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi &_o qui_fw-la ibi_fw-la manebant_fw-la faciebant_fw-la servitium_fw-la regis_fw-la cum_fw-la equis_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la aquam_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la blidberiam_fw-la reddinge_n sudtone_n besentone_n &_o hoc_fw-la facientibus_fw-la dabat_fw-la prepositus_fw-la conredium_fw-la mercedem_fw-la non_fw-fr de_fw-fr censu_fw-la regis_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la exit_fw-la domesd_v in_o berrochescire_fw-la but_o this_o it_o seem_v he_o take_v for_o grant_v that_o gablum_fw-la have_v no_o other_o signification_n than_o rent_n for_o by_o the_o same_o record_n to_o be_v sure_a that_o that_o rent_n of_o xil._n not_o ixl._n shall_v come_v into_o the_o king_n coffer_n there_o be_v a_o paragraph_n that_o provide_v for_o it_o where_o it_o be_v write_v what_o and_o how_o the_o soldier_n that_o the_o burrow_n shall_v find_v upon_o all_o occasion_n for_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v provide_v for_o and_o be_v thus_o order_v conredium_fw-la mercedem_fw-la non_fw-fr de_fw-fr censu_fw-la regis_fw-la sed_fw-la de_fw-la svo_fw-la all_o the_o cen_n or_o rent_n that_o the_o king_n have_v that_o i_o can_v find_v be_v that_o gablum_fw-la of_o eleven_o pound_n and_o this_o gablum_fw-la be_v not_o always_o pay_v in_o money_n for_o in_o sudsexe_n under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o land_n of_o william_n de_fw-fr warene_n in_o the_o same_o record_n be_v this_o that_o radulfus_n tenet_fw-la de_fw-fr willielmo_n that_o be_v of_o william_n of_o warren_n bristelmestune_n brictric_n tenuit_fw-la de_fw-la dono_fw-la godwini_fw-la comitis_fw-la t._n r._n e._n in_o dominio_fw-la etc._n etc._n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi iu._n milia_fw-la alletium_n and_o under_o the_o same_o title_n it_o be_v there_o remember_v pluntune_v hugo_n filius_fw-la ranulsi_n tenet_fw-la de_fw-fr willielmo_n etc._n etc._n ibi_fw-la etc._n etc._n silua_fw-la de_fw-la xx._n porc_n de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi xvii_o porc_n but_o that_o gablum_fw-la do_v as_o well_o relate_v to_o money_n as_o to_o other_o thing_n in_o kind_n either_o herring_n or_o swine_n be_v very_o plain_a by_o that_o record_n in_o domesdey_n book_n in_o windesore_n in_o berkshire_n where_o it_o be_v say_v rex_fw-la willielmus_fw-la tenet_fw-la windesore_n in_o dominio_fw-la rex_fw-la edw._n tenuit_fw-la ibi_fw-la xx_o hide_v etc._n etc._n &_o adhuc_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o villa_n c._n hage_n v._o minus_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la sunt_fw-la xxvi_o quiet_a de_fw-fr gablo_fw-mi &_o de_fw-fr aliis_fw-la exeunt_fw-la xxx_o solid_a and_o last_o out_o of_o the_o same_o book_n i_o still_o write_v in_o sommersetshire_n it_o be_v thus_o express_v under_o the_o title_n of_o terra_fw-la regis_fw-la which_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o observe_v rex_fw-la tenet_fw-la cedre_n i_o suppose_v it_o be_v that_o chedder_n so_o famous_a for_o its_o cheese_n rex_fw-la edw._n tenuit_fw-la nunquam_fw-la geldavit_fw-la nec_fw-la scitur_fw-la quot_fw-la hide_v sunt_fw-la ibi_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o dominio_fw-la etc._n etc._n xx._n bord._n cum_fw-la xvii_o car_fw-fr &_o vii_o gablatores_fw-la red_a xvii_o s._n these_o seven_o gablatores_fw-la do_v pay_v for_o rent_n 17_o shilling_n and_o from_o their_o pay_v of_o rent_n be_v term_v gablatores_fw-la to_o i_o it_o seem_v probable_a that_o this_o gablum_fw-la 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