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be_v bury_v in_o saint_n peter_n chirche_n yerde_v ¶_o circa_n annum_fw-la duni_fw-la viij_o c_o xliiij_o talentinus_n be_v pope_n after_o eugeny_n xl_o day_n &_o lytell_fw-mi of_o he_o be_v write_v ¶_o gregory_n yâ—_z four_o be_v pope_n after_o he_o twelve_o year_n this_o gregory_n see_v many_o hevy_a time_n for_o yâ—_z plague_n among_o the_o comyn_v people_n and_o at_o this_o man_n petition_n lodewyke_n yâ—_z emperor_n &_o marchio_n the_o prince_n of_o lombardy_n exile_v all_o sarasyn_n from_o ytaly_a &_o at_o the_o last_o he_o decess_v after_o innumerable_a good_a dede_n &_o werke_n yâ—_z he_o have_v do_v at_o saint_n peter_n ¶_o lotherius_fw-la the_o first_o soon_o of_o lodewyke_n be_v emperor_n xu_o year_n in_o ytaly_n and_o in_o rome_n &_o in_o the_o part_n of_o germayn_n next_o to_o the_o hill_n of_o alpy_n this_o lothertus_n rise_v against_o his_o brother_n lodewike_n &_o karolus_fw-la for_o the_o kyngdom_n of_o duchelonde_n the_o which_o sometime_o pippinê°_n their_o brother_n 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benedictus_fw-la be_v pope_n after_o he_o ten_o year_n this_o man_n crown_v otto_n the_o second_o &_o make_v many_o romayn_v to_o be_v take_v &_o he_o gadere_v a_o counseyle_n against_o the_o king_n of_o france_n where_o gylbert_n the_o nygromancer_n be_v depose_v ¶_o johamnes_n the_o xiiij_o be_v pope_n after_o he_o eight_o month_n &_o he_o be_v put_v in_o the_o castle_n angel_n and_o be_v famyssh_v to_o death_n ¶_o johamnes_n that_o xu_o be_v pope_n after_o he_o four_o month_n ¶_o johamnes_n the_o xuj_o be_v pope_n after_o high_a almoost_n xj_o year_n this_o man_n be_v teach_v in_o arm_n &_o make_v many_o book_n &_o elles_fw-fr lytell_fw-mi of_o he_o be_v write_v ¶_o gregorius_n the_o u_o be_v pope_n after_o this_o man_n almoo_v three_o year_n this_o gregory_n be_v make_v pope_n at_o the_o instance_n of_o the_o emperor_n otto_n the_o three_o for_z he_o be_v his_o cousin_n and_o when_o he_o have_v be_v a_o lytell_fw-mi while_o pope_n and_o the_o emperor_n recede_v from_o the_o cite_v 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to_o eschew_v the_o petylle_n to_o come_v and_o their_o name_n be_v write_v in_o latyn_a for_o learned_a man_n in_o these_o verse_n magun_n â—inensis_fw-la treverensis_fw-la coloniensis_fw-la quilibet_fw-la imperij_fw-la fit_a cancellarius_fw-la horum_fw-la et_fw-la palatinus_n dapifer_fw-la dux_n portitor_n ensis_fw-la marchio_n prepositus_fw-la camere_n pincerna_fw-la bohemus_n hij_fw-la statuunt_fw-la dominum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la per_fw-la secula_fw-la summum_fw-la palatiâ—ê°_n est_fw-la comes_fw-la reni_fw-la marchio_n est_fw-la brandeburgensis_fw-la dux_n saxonun_n et_fw-la rex_fw-la bohemorun_n verun_v ut_fw-la quidam_fw-la dicunt_fw-la through_o this_o occasyon_n the_o eagle_n have_v lose_v many_o a_o feather_n and_z in_o the_o end_n he_o shall_v be_v make_v naked_a ¶_o otto_n the_o three_o be_v emperor_n xviij_o year_n this_o man_n be_v a_o worthy_a man_n all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o empire_n and_o after_o the_o wysdome_n of_o his_o fader_fw-mi he_o be_v a_o very_a faithful_a 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