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henr._n 2._o king_n stephen_n and_o king_n h._n â—_o the_o adver_n sary_n fond_a imagination_n that_o king_n h._n 2._o shall_v come_v to_o the_o crown_n by_o composition_n not_o by_o proximity_n of_o blood_n rex_fw-la stepha_n nus_fw-la omni_fw-la haerede_fw-la vi_o duatus_fw-la prae_fw-la ter_z solummo_fw-la do_v ducem_fw-la henricum_fw-la recognovit_fw-la in_o conventu_fw-la episcoporun_n &_o aliorum_fw-la de_fw-la regno_fw-la optimatum_fw-la quod_fw-la dux_n henr_n ius_fw-la hae_fw-la reditarium_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la habebat_fw-la et_fw-la dux_n benign_a concessit_fw-la ut_fw-la rex_fw-la stepha_n nus_fw-la tota_fw-la vita_fw-la sva_fw-la suum_fw-la regnum_fw-la pacifice_fw-la possideret_fw-la ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la confirmatum_fw-la est_fw-la pactum_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la &_o ipsttune_n praesentes_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la regni_fw-la optimatibus_fw-la iurarent_fw-la quod_fw-la dux_n henr._n post_fw-la mortem_fw-la regu_n si_fw-la illum_fw-la superuiveret_fw-la regnum_fw-la sine_fw-la aliqua_fw-la contradictione_fw-la obtincret_a flor._n histo_fw-la a_o 1153._o the_o like_a fond_a imagination_n touch_v king_n richard_n nephew_n diversity_n of_o opinion_n touch_v the_o uncle_n and_o nephew_n whether_o of_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v prefer_v in_o the_o royal_a government_n