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〈…〉_o rome_n imperatoris_fw-la filia_fw-la omnui_fw-la 〈…〉_o famâ—â—issima_fw-la /_o obâ—â—us_fw-la amorem_fw-la soldaâ—_n 〈…〉_o ut_fw-la eam_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la ducere_fw-la posset_n 〈…〉_o promisit_fw-la /_o enius_fw-la accepta_fw-la cauciâ—_n 〈…〉_o â—â—â—â—gâ—_n tunc_fw-la pape_n dicta_fw-la fifta_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la 〈…〉_o dinalibus_fw-la alus_fw-la que_fw-la rome_n proceribus_fw-la 〈…〉_o mariâ—agu_n causa_fw-la navigio_fw-la honorifice_fw-la 〈…〉_o que_fw-fr lamen_fw-la â—onloquentium_fw-la postea_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—us_fw-la varus_n modis_fw-la absque_fw-la svi_fw-la culpa_fw-la doso_fw-la 〈◊〉_d fata_fw-la multiplicâ—ter_fw-la passa_fw-la est_fw-la a_o worthy_a knight_n in_o christ_n law_n of_o great_a rome_n as_o be_v the_o see_v the_o ceptre_n have_v for_o to_o right_a tybery_n constantyn_n he_o hyght_n who_o wife_n be_v clepe_v italye_n but_o they_o to_o geder_o of_o progeny_n no_o childre_n have_v but_o a_o maid_n and_o she_o the_o god_n so_o well_o pay_v that_o all_o 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