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scotland_n by_o commission_n from_o king_n edward_n the_o lord_n 236._o lord_n dugd._n 1_o vol._n p._n 236._o thomas_n beauchamp_n earl_n of_o warwick_n the_o lord_n guy_n de_fw-fr brian_n and_o the_o lord_n henry_n scroop_n of_o masham_n to_o treat_v with_o william_n earl_n of_o douglas_n and_o other_o appoint_v by_o robert_n stuart_n king_n of_o scotland_n touch_v the_o restitution_n of_o those_o land_n which_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o truce_n former_o make_v do_v belong_v to_o england_n and_o 658._o and_o dugd._n 1_o vol._n p._n 658._o for_o settle_v all_o thing_n amiss_o which_o have_v fell_a out_o contrary_a to_o the_o truce_n and_o agreement_n make_v between_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o scotland_n vii_o now_o when_o the_o truce_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v be_v thus_o make_v at_o bruges_n be_v to_o continue_v for_o one_o whole_a year_n unto_o the_o first_o of_o april_n 1376._o between_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o france_n and_o their_o ally_n the_o duke_n of_o 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