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every_o church_n all_o the_o friar_n and_o nun_n shall_v sing_v 50_o psalm_n and_o every_o priest_n 2_o mass_n one_o for_o the_o king_n and_o a_o other_o for_o his_o captain_n it_o be_v observable_a first_o that_o the_o parliamentary_a council_n wherein_o this_o charter_n be_v make_v and_o ratify_v by_o common_a consent_n and_o this_o exemption_n and_o ten_o grant_v be_v principal_o call_v to_o resist_v the_o invade_a plunder_v danes_n 2_o
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cum_fw-la saecâ—li_fw-la judicibus_fw-la interest_n judiciis_fw-la ne_fw-la permittant_fw-la si_fw-la possint_fw-la ut_fw-la illinc_fw-la aliqua_fw-la praviâ—atum_fw-la germina_fw-la pullulaverint_fw-la and_o to_o avoid_v all_o arbitrary_a proceed_n oppression_n and_o injustice_n in_o all_o thing_n this_o council_n by_o positive_a law_n ascertain_v all_o sin_n amerciament_n imprisonment_n and_o corporal_a punishment_n for_o criminal_a offence_n from_o which_o the_o judge_n may_v not_o vary_v and_o withal_o define_v what_o arm_n every_o man_n shall_v find_v in_o those_o time_n of_o war_n against_o the_o dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n by_o his_o positive_a law_n lex_fw-la 21._o 〈…〉_z sax._n 16._o omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la habebit_fw-la duos_fw-la homines_fw-la cum_fw-la bonis_fw-la equis_fw-la de_fw-la omni_fw-la carucâ_fw-la king_n ethelstane_n after_o this_o council_n at_o grate_o what_o year_n be_v not_o express_v assemble_v several_a other_o parliamentary_a 5._o council_n at_o exeter_n feuresham_n and_o thunderfeld_n wherein_o he_o and_o his_o wiseman_n by_o common_a consent_n confirm_v the_o law_n make_v at_o grate_o alter_v some_o of_o they_o in_o certain_a particular_n and_o add_v some_o new_a law_n unto_o they_o as_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o bromton_n and_o as_o the_o first_o chapter_n and_o this_o prologue_n to_o those_o law_n assure_v we_o 850._o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la sapientes_fw-la exoniae_fw-la consilio_fw-la adelstani_fw-la regis_fw-la instituerunt_fw-la &_o iterumâ—â—â—ud_a feuresham_n et_fw-la tertia_fw-la vice_fw-la aâ—ud_fw-la thundresfeldiam_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la deâ—â—nitum_fw-la stmul_fw-la et_fw-la conâ—â—ematum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la imprimis_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la observentur_fw-la omne_fw-la judicia_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n 6._o imposita_fw-la fuerint_fw-la praeter_fw-la mercatum_fw-la civitatis_fw-la et_fw-la dieâ—_n dominicae_fw-la the_o cause_n of_o make_v these_o new_a 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