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in_o this_o council_n there_o be_v three_o parcel_n of_o law_n make_v the_o one_o mere_o ecclesiastical_a the_o other_o mere_o civil_a the_o three_o mix_v of_o boâ—hâ—_n and_o in_o this_o council_n i_o conceive_v the_o constitution_n of_o archbishop_n odo_n be_v read_v and_o ratify_v the_o great_a parâ—_n of_o the_o civil_a law_n there_o make_v be_v against_o murder_n bloodshed_n fight_v breach_n of_o peace_n theft_n and_o perjury_n in_o the_o last_o parcel_n of_o these_o law_n cap._n 5._o the_o king_n give_v god_n and_o they_o thanks_o for_o assist_v he_o in_o make_v these_o law_n in_o these_o word_n maximas_fw-la antem_fw-la &_o deo_fw-la &_o vobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ago_o gratias_fw-la qui_fw-la i_o auxilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la pacis_fw-la quam_fw-la nunc_fw-la ad_fw-la prostigandos_fw-la fures_fw-la sancivimus_fw-la 5._o lege_fw-la adjuvistis_fw-la ac_fw-la uchementer_fw-la conâ—ido_fw-la eo_fw-la vos_fw-la propensius_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la 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homo_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la fidelis_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la 7._o sine_fw-la omni_fw-la controversiâ_fw-la &_o seditione_n in_o manifesto_fw-la in_fw-la occulto_fw-la in_fw-la amando_fw-la quod_fw-la amabit_fw-la nolendo_fw-la quod_fw-la noluit_fw-la et_fw-la antequam_fw-la juramentum_fw-la hoc_fw-la dabitur_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la concelet_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o fratre_fw-la vel_fw-la proximo_fw-la svo_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o extraneo_fw-la cap._n 2._o vult_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la fur_n pro_fw-la certo_fw-la cognoscetur_fw-la tweâ—fhindi_n et_fw-fr twifhindi_n that_o be_v meâ—_n of_o 600_o or_o 200_o s._n land_n by_o the_o year_n consocientur_fw-la et_fw-la exuperent_fw-la eum_fw-la vivum_fw-la vel_fw-la mortuum_fw-la alterutrum_fw-la quod_fw-la poterunt_fw-la â—t_a qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la eorum_fw-la infaidiabit_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o eâ_fw-la quaestione_fw-la fuerint_fw-la sit_fw-la inimicus_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la omnium_fw-la amicorum_fw-la 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