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&_o tacitus_fw-la canos_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o agro_fw-la consumit_fw-la where_o most_o probable_o he_o die_v in_o peace_n since_o i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o his_o death_n no_o less_o than_o 4_o successive_a king_n permit_v this_o right_a heir_n to_o their_o crown_n to_o live_v both_o in_o their_o court_n and_o kingdom_n of_o england_n in_o peace_n and_o security_n such_o waâ—_n the_o christian_a generosity_n charity_n and_o piety_n of_o that_o age_n without_o repute_v it_o high_a treason_n for_o any_o to_o relieve_v or_o converse_v with_o he_o as_o the_o charity_n of_o some_o saint_n in_o this_o iron_n age_n will_v have_v adjudge_v it_o have_v they_o live_v in_o those_o time_n who_o have_v quite_o forget_v this_o gospel_n lesson_n of_o our_o saviour_n they_o then_o practise_v 21._o but_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o love_v your_o enemy_n do_v good_a to_o those_o that_o hate_v you_o etc._n etc._n wherefore_o if_o thy_o enemy_n huâ—ger_n give_v he_o meat_n if_o he_o thirst_v give_v he_o drink_v etc._n etc._n bâ—_n not_o overcome_v of_o evil_a but_o overcome_v evil_a with_o goodness_n 5._o that_o base_a carnal_a fear_n and_o cowardice_n oft_o cause_v both_o prelate_n noble_n and_o people_n to_o desert_n their_o own_o best_a interest_n and_o lawful_a prince_n and_o to_o act_v vote_n and_o submit_v to_o mere_a unrighteous_a usurper_n against_o their_o primitive_a resolution_n judgement_n conscience_n as_o here_o in_o the_o case_n of_o edgar_n and_o rich._n 3._o since_o 6._o that_o general_n puff_v up_o with_o victorious_a success_n and_o have_v the_o command_n of_o the_o land_n and_o sea_n force_v in_o their_o power_n be_v apt_a to_o aspire_v after_o the_o royal_a crown_n and_o sovereignty_n and_o forcible_o to_o usurp_v it_o upon_o the_o next_o occasion_n even_o with_o the_o disinherit_n of_o the_o right_a heir_n and_o hazard_v of_o the_o whole_a realm_n of_o which_o harold_n be_v a_o most_o pregnant_a example_n 7._o that_o ambitious_a aspirer_n after_o the_o royal_a crown_n and_o throne_n will_v make_v no_o conscience_n to_o violate_v all_o sacred_a and_o civil_a oath_n obligation_n contract_n and_o find_v out_o any_o evasion_n to_o elude_v they_o rather_o than_o go_v without_o themâ—_n or_o part_n with_o they_o when_o injurious_o usurp_v â—y_a they_o and_o will_v adventure_v to_o crown_v themselves_o with_o their_o own_o hand_n than_o not_o wear_v the_o diadem_n witness_n harold_n 8._o that_o usurper_n of_o crown_n without_o right_n though_o they_o court_v the_o people_n with_o coronation_n oath_n and_o fair_a promise_n of_o good_a law_n liberty_n immunity_n from_o all_o tax_n and_o grievance_n yet_o usual_o prove_v the_o great_a tyrant_n and_o oppressor_n to_o they_o of_o all_o other_o as_o harold_n and_o william_n in_o some_o sort_n do_v that_o invader_n of_o crown_n and_o sovereign_a power_n without_o any_o right_n title_n or_o colour_n of_o justice_n be_v once_o in_o possession_n will_v never_o part_v with_o they_o to_o those_o who_o have_v better_a right_n upon_o any_o verbal_a treaty_n but_o rather_o
torture_v they_o to_o discover_v where_o their_o treasure_n be_v break_v up_o all_o the_o tomb_n pillage_v and_o burn_v the_o abbey_n with_o all_o the_o edifice_n thereof_o leave_v it_o a_o mere_a ruinous_a heap_n then_o march_v on_o lay_v all_o the_o country_n waste_v before_o they_o with_o fire_n and_o sword_n spare_v neither_o person_n age_n nor_o sex_n they_o cast_v down_o burn_v destroy_v and_o level_v to_o the_o ground_n the_o goodly_a monastery_n of_o bradney_n peterborough_n huntingdon_n ely_n with_o sundry_a other_o murder_v as_o well_o all_o the_o monk_n as_o nun_n therein_o which_o their_o merciless_a sword_n after_o they_o have_v first_o pollute_v they_o to_o avoid_v who_o barbarous_a rape_n 383._o ebba_n abbess_n of_o coldingham_n and_o her_o nun_n by_o her_o example_n and_o persuasion_n cut_v off_o their_o upper_a lip_n and_o nose_n to_o deform_v themselves_o to_o their_o lascivious_a eye_n which_o bloody_a spectacle_n preserve_v their_o chastity_n from_o their_o lust_n but_o not_o their_o monastery_n or_o body_n from_o their_o cruelty_n they_o burn_v they_o and_o their_o nunnery_n to_o ash_n 870._o 2.4_o after_o which_o the_o same_o year_n inguar_n and_o hubba_n march_v against_o st._n edmund_n who_o in_o the_o year_n 855._o be_v choose_v king_n of_o the_o east-saxons_a ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la regionis_fw-la illius_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la et_fw-la populis_fw-la by_o all_o the_o nobless_a and_o people_n of_o that_o realm_n be_v spring_v from_o the_o ancient_a royal_a blood_n of_o the_o saxon_n and_o compel_v to_o take_v the_o government_n on_o he_o much_o against_o his_o will_n be_v then_o but_o 13_o year_n old_a and_o consecrate_a king_n by_o bishop_n humbert_n in_o the_o royal_a town_n call_v bury_v the_o reason_n of_o their_o malice_n to_o this_o king_n as_o some_o of_o our_o historian_n write_v be_v this_o that_o he_o be_v malicious_o accuse_v to_o have_v murder_v their_o father_n lothbroc_n drive_v by_o a_o sudden_a storm_n in_o a_o small_a boat_n 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another_o against_o they_o which_o 42._o william_n of_o malmesburie_n thus_o express_v meminerit_fw-la interea_fw-la lector_n quod_fw-la interim_n reges_fw-la merciorum_fw-la et_fw-la northanimbrorum_fw-la captata_fw-la occasione_n â—dventus_fw-la danorum_fw-la quorum_fw-la bellis_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la iâ—sudabat_fw-la a_o servitio_fw-la west-saxonum_n respirantes_fw-la dominaâ—ionem_fw-la svam_fw-la penè_fw-la asseruerant_fw-la ardebant_fw-la ergo_fw-la cunctae_fw-la saevis_fw-la popularibus_fw-la provinciae_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la regum_fw-la inimicos_fw-la magis_fw-la in_o suis_fw-la sedibus_fw-la sustinere_fw-la quam_fw-la compatrioâ—is_fw-la laborantibus_fw-la opem_fw-la porrigere_fw-la curabat_fw-la ita_fw-la dum_fw-la maluit_fw-la vindicare_fw-la quam_fw-la praevenire_fw-la injuriam_fw-la socordiâ_fw-la suâ_fw-la exanguem_fw-la reddiderunt_fw-la patriam_fw-la dani_n sine_fw-la obstaculo_fw-la succressere_fw-la dum_fw-la et_fw-la provincialibus_fw-la timor_fw-la incresceret_fw-la et_fw-la proxima_fw-la quaeq_fw-la victoria_fw-la per_fw-la additamentum_fw-la captiâ—orum_fw-la instrumentum_fw-la sequentis_fw-la fieret_fw-la etc._n etc._n northanimbri_n jamdudâ—m_fw-la civilibus_fw-la dissentionibus_fw-la â—luctuantes_n adventante_fw-la host_n correxerunt_fw-la discordiam_fw-la itaque_fw-la osbirthum_fw-la regem_fw-la quem_fw-la expulerant_fw-la in_fw-la solium_fw-la reformaâ—tes_fw-la magnosque_fw-la moliti_fw-la paratus_fw-la obviam_fw-la procâ—dunt_fw-la sed_fw-la facilè_fw-la pulsi_fw-la infra_fw-la urbem_fw-la eboracum_n se_fw-la includunt_fw-la quâ_fw-la mox_fw-la à _fw-la victoribus_fw-la succensâ_fw-la cum_fw-la laxos_fw-la crines_fw-la effusior_fw-la flamma_fw-la produceret_fw-la tota_fw-la depascens_fw-la maenia_fw-la ipsi_fw-la quoque_fw-la conflagrati_fw-la patriam_fw-la ossibus_fw-la texêre_fw-la suis_fw-la mercii_n non_fw-la semel_fw-la obtriti_fw-la obsidatu_fw-la miserias_fw-la svas_fw-la levaverunt_fw-la at_o vero_fw-la ethelredus_fw-la multis_fw-la laboribus_fw-la infractus_fw-la obiit_fw-la orientalium_fw-la anglorum_fw-la pagi_fw-la cum_fw-la urbibus_fw-la et_fw-la vicis_fw-la à _fw-la praedonibus_fw-la possessi_fw-la rex_fw-la eorum_fw-la sanctus_fw-la edmundus_n ab_fw-la eisdem_fw-la interemptust_fw-la anno_fw-la dominicae_fw-la incarnationis_fw-la 870._o 12_o calendas_fw-la decembris_fw-la temporaneae_fw-la mortis_fw-la compendio_fw-la regnum_fw-la emit_fw-la aeternum_fw-la the_o manner_n of_o king_n edmund_n martyrdom_n 3._o historian_n thus_o relate_v an._n 870._o hinguar_n king_n of_o the_o dane_n invade_v king_n edmund_n realm_n with_o a_o great_a power_n send_v a_o messenger_n to_o king_n edmund_n to_o demand_v the_o half_a of_o his_o treasure_n and_o wealth_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v hold_v his_o realm_n under_o he_o threaten_v otherwise_o to_o waste_v his_o kingdom_n and_o extirpate_v he_o and_o his_o people_n sed_fw-la nimis_fw-la fraudulentèr_fw-la hinguar_n thesauros_fw-la exigebat_fw-la qui_fw-la clementissimi_fw-la regis_fw-la caput_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la pecuntas_fw-la sitiebat_fw-la write_v 370._o matthew_n westminster_n where_o upon_o bishop_n humbeâ—t_n advise_v he_o to_o fly_v â—rom_o the_o dane_n who_o approach_v with_o their_o force_n towards_o he_o to_o save_v his_o life_n the_o king_n wisheâ—_n will_v to_o god_n that_o i_o may_v preserve_v the_o life_n of_o my_o subject_n for_o who_o i_o desire_v to_o lay_v down_o my_o life_n for_o this_o be_v my_o chief_a wish_n that_o i_o may_v not_o survive_v my_o faithful_a subject_n and_o most_o dear_a friend_n which_o this_o cruâ—l_a pirate_n have_v thievish_o slay_v neither_o will_v i_o stain_v my_o glory_n by_o slâ—ght_n who_o never_o yet_o sustain_v the_o reproach_n of_o waâ—re_n the_o heavenly_a king_n also_o be_v my_o witness_n that_o no_o fear_n of_o the_o barbarian_n shall_v separate_v i_o from_o the_o love_n of_o christ_n whether_o live_v or_o dead_a then_o turn_v to_o the_o messenger_n of_o hinguar_n he_o say_v thou_o be_v worthy_a to_o suffer_v the_o punishment_n of_o death_n be_v wâ—t_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o my_o people_n but_o imitate_v the_o example_n of_o my_o christ_n if_o it_o shall_v so_o happen_v i_o be_o not_o afraid_a willing_o to_o die_v for_o they_o return_v therefore_o speedy_o to_o thy_o master_n and_o carry_v my_o answer_n to_o he_o although_o thou_o take_v away_o my_o treasure_n and_o riches_n whiâ—h_v the_o divine_a clemency_n have_v give_v i_o by_o thy_o power_n yet_o thou_o shall_v never_o subject_v i_o to_o thy_o infidelity_n for_o it_o be_v a_o honest_a thing_n to_o defend_v perpetual_a liberty_n together_o with_o purity_n of_o religion_n for_o which_o also_o if_o there_o be_v need_n we_o think_v it_o not_o unprofitable_a to_o die_v therefore_o as_o thy_o proud_a cruâ—lâ—y_n have_v begin_v after_o the_o servant_n slaughter_n cut_v thou_o the_o king_n throatâ—_n because_o the_o king_n of_o king_n see_v these_o thing_n 8._o will_v translate_v i_o into_o heaven_n there_o to_o reign_v eternal_o the_o messenger_n depart_v the_o king_n command_v his_o soldier_n to_o run_v to_o their_o arm_n aâ—firmingâ—_n that_o it_o be_v a_o worthy_a thing_n to_o fight_v both_o for_o their_o faith_n and_o country_n nota._n leâ—t_v they_o shall_v prove_v deserver_n of_o their_o realm_n and_o betrayer_n of_o the_o people_n and_o be_v encourage_v by_o bishop_n humbert_n his_o noble_n and_o fellow_n soldier_n he_o march_v against_o the_o enemy_n and_o near_o thedford_n fight_v a_o bloody_a battle_n with_o the_o dane_n from_o morning_n to_o night_n the_o place_n be_v all_o die_v red_a with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o slay_v aâ—_n which_o grievoâ—â—â—ight_a king_n edmund_n be_v much_o grieve_v not_o only_o for_o the_o great_a slaughter_n of_o his_o own_o soldier_n â—ightâ—ing_v for_o their_o country_n &_o native_a liberty_n &_o the_o faith_n of_o jesus_n christ_n &_o so_o already_o â—rouned_v with_o martyrdom_n but_o likewise_o for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o barbarous_a infidel_n send_v down_o to_o hell_n in_o great_a number_n which_o he_o overmuch_o lament_v after_o which_o battle_n retire_v to_o hegelsdun_n with_o his_o force_n that_o be_v leave_v he_o immutable_o resolve_v in_o his_o mind_n never_o to_o fight_v battle_n with_o the_o enemy_n more_o say_v only_o this_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a that_o he_o alone_o shall_v die_v for_o the_o people_n and_o not_o the_o whole_a nation_n perish_v soon_o after_o hinguars_n army_n be_v recrute_v by_o the_o access_n of_o hubba_n to_o
secret_o about_o he_o rip_v up_o the_o king_n bowel_n and_o slay_v he_o with_o it_o which_o the_o knight_n and_o soldier_n perceive_v rush_v all_o upon_o the_o thief_n and_o with_o their_o sword_n and_o knife_n chap_v all_o his_o flâ—sh_n and_o bone_n into_o small_a piece_n some_o â—istorians_n write_v that_o he_o slay_v some_o of_o the_o king_n follower_n likewise_o and_o wound_a more_o of_o they_o and_o so_o escape_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o tumult_n sicque_fw-la clarum_fw-la regalis_fw-la convivii_fw-la principium_fw-la nebulosus_fw-la rerum_fw-la gestarum_fw-la exitus_fw-la terminavit_fw-la communi_fw-la ergo_fw-la decretum_fw-la concilio_n it_o be_v thereupon_o decree_v by_o a_o common_a council_n that_o his_o body_n shall_v be_v inter_v in_o glastonbury_n abbey_n abbot_n ethelred_n give_v this_o encomium_n of_o he_o 358._o erat_fw-la autem_fw-la patâ—is_fw-la edwardi_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la imitabitor_n homo_fw-la simplex_fw-la &_o rectus_fw-la et_fw-la timens_fw-la 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arma_fw-la sua_fw-la vel_fw-la suum_fw-la halsfang_n in_o westsaxia_n in_fw-la mircenis_fw-la ij_o l._n in_fw-it estanglia_fw-it ij_o l._n et_fw-la si_fw-la notus_fw-la sit_fw-la regi_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la unus_fw-la cum_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la sine_fw-la sella_fw-la et_fw-la unus_fw-la gladius_fw-la et_fw-la dvae_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la 50_o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la minus_fw-la potest_fw-la det_fw-la dvas_fw-la libras_fw-la 9_o lex_fw-la 104._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la fugiat_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la vel_fw-la socio_fw-la svo_fw-la pro_fw-la timiditate_fw-la in_o expedâ—tione_fw-la navali_fw-la vel_fw-la terrestri_fw-la per_fw-la that_fw-mi omne_fw-la quod_fw-la suum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la svam_fw-la â—psius_fw-la vitam_fw-la et_fw-la manus_fw-la mittat_fw-la dominus_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la quam_fw-la ei_fw-la antea_fw-la dederat_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la terram_fw-la haereditariam_fw-la habeat_fw-la 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after_o this_o there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o parliamentary_a council_n hold_v at_o london_n &_o not_o long_o after_o that_o another_o at_o thithamberig_n wherein_o many_o consultation_n be_v have_v &_o proposition_n make_v for_o suppression_n &_o punishment_n of_o thief_n and_o keep_n of_o the_o peace_n which_o the_o justice_n commissioner_n and_o other_o appoint_v to_o keep_v the_o peace_n and_o to_o take_v surety_n of_o all_o man_n to_o the_o keep_n thereof_o conclude_v upon_o at_o london_n and_o after_o submit_v to_o the_o king_n council_n to_o enlarge_v or_o alter_v as_o he_o shall_v see_v cause_n who_o thereupon_o make_v some_o alteration_n and_o mitigation_n at_o thithamberig_n of_o what_o the_o king_n think_v over-severe_a in_o put_v to_o death_n those_o who_o be_v above_o 12_o year_n of_o age_n for_o 12_o d._n value_n as_o these_o passage_n attest_v declare_v the_o proceed_n of_o that_o parliamentary_a council_n 856._o hoc_fw-la consultum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-la praepositi_fw-la qui_fw-la londoniensi_fw-la curiae_fw-la pertinent_a edixerunt_fw-la &_o jurejurando_fw-la confirmaverunt_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la fridgildo_n comites_fw-la &_o villani_fw-la in_o adjectione_n judiciorum_fw-la quae_fw-la apud_fw-la grateleyam_n &_o exoniam_fw-la instituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n cap._n 1._o et_fw-la est_fw-la imprimis_fw-la haec_fw-la non_fw-la parcatur_fw-la alicui_fw-la latroni_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o annos_fw-la et_fw-la supra_fw-la 12_o d._n de_fw-fr quo_fw-la verè_fw-la fuerit_fw-la inquisitum_fw-la quod_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la quin_fw-la occidatur_fw-la &_o capiatur_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la habet_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap_n 14._o nec_fw-la tacendum_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la praetereundum_fw-la si_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la vel_fw-la praepositorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la aliquis_fw-la ullum_fw-la augmentum_fw-la excogitare_fw-la possit_fw-la ad_fw-la nostrum_fw-la fridgildum_fw-la ut_fw-la hoc_fw-la gratanter_fw-la excipiamus_fw-la sicut_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la convenit_fw-la &_o nostrum_fw-la necesse_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o in_o deo_fw-la confidimus_fw-la et_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la domino_fw-la cap._n 15._o si_fw-mi totum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la complere_fw-la volumus_fw-la res_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la meliorabitur_fw-la contra_fw-la fures_fw-la quam_fw-la anâ—eâ—_n fuit_fw-la &_o si_fw-la remissius_fw-la egerimus_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la &_o vadiis_fw-la quae_fw-la simul_fw-la dedimus_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la rex_fw-la nobis_fw-la praecipit_fw-la timere_fw-la possumus_fw-la vel_fw-la magis_fw-la scire_fw-la quod_fw-la fures_fw-la isti_fw-la regnabunt_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la antè_fw-la fecerunt_fw-la si_fw-la fidem_fw-la teneamus_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la sicut_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la placeat_fw-la quia_fw-la magnum_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la insistamus_fw-la et_fw-la peragamus_fw-la quoâ—_n ipse_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la amplius_fw-la praecipiat_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la jocunditate_fw-la et_fw-la devotione_fw-la parati_fw-la sumus_fw-la cap._n 17._o item_n quod_fw-la sapientes_fw-la omnes_fw-la dederunt_fw-la vadium_fw-la suum_fw-la insimul_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n quando_fw-la ealpheagus_fw-la scyb_n et_fw-fr brithnodus_n odonis_fw-la â—ilius_fw-la veneruut_n ad_fw-la concilium_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la regis_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la vadium_fw-la capiat_fw-la in_o svo_fw-la comitatu_fw-la de_fw-la pace_fw-la servandâ_fw-la sicut_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la apud_fw-la fefresham_n et_fw-la quartâ_fw-la vice_fw-la apud_fw-la thundresfeldam_n coram_fw-la archiepiscopo_fw-la et_fw-la episcopis_fw-la et_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la quas_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la nominavit_fw-la qui_fw-la interfuerunt_fw-la et_fw-la judicia_fw-la conservaverunt_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la concilio_n fuerunt_fw-la instituta_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap._n 18._o item_n quod_fw-la adelstanus_n rex_fw-la praecepit_fw-la episcopis_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praepositis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la svo_fw-la ut_fw-la pacem_fw-la ita_fw-la custodiant_fw-la sicut_fw-la recitavit_fw-la et_fw-la sapientes_fw-la svi_fw-la cap._n 19_o item_n rex_fw-la dixit_fw-la nunc_fw-la iterum_fw-la apud_fw-la thitlanâ—birig_n sapientibus_fw-la suis_fw-la et_fw-la praecepit_fw-la ostendi_fw-la atchiepiscopo_n et_fw-la caeteris_fw-la episcopis_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la miserabile_fw-la videtur_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquis_fw-la tà m_fw-la juvenis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la vel_fw-la pro_fw-la tà m_fw-la paruâ_fw-la re_fw-la sicut_fw-la innotuit_fw-la ei_fw-la quod_fw-la ubique_fw-la fiebat_fw-la dixit_fw-la itaque_fw-la quod_fw-la ei_fw-la videbatur_fw-la et_fw-la eye_n cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la egerat_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la junior_a quam_fw-la quindecim_fw-la annorum_fw-la nisi_fw-la se_fw-la defendere_fw-la velit_fw-la vel_fw-la aufugere_fw-la et_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la ire_n velit_fw-la ut_fw-la tunc_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sir_n major_n sit_v minor_a qualiscunque_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la se_fw-la dederit_fw-la ponatur_fw-la in_o carcere_fw-la sicut_fw-la apud_fw-la greateleyam_n dictum_fw-la est_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la idem_fw-la redimatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecepit_fw-la rex_fw-la ne_fw-la aliquis_fw-la occidatur_fw-la pro_fw-la minori_fw-la precio_fw-la quam_fw-la 12_o d._n nisi_fw-la fugiat_fw-la vel_fw-la repugnet_fw-la ne_fw-la dubitetur_fw-la tunc_fw-la licet_fw-la minus_fw-la si_fw-mi haec_fw-la ita_fw-la conservemus_fw-la in_fw-la domino_fw-la deo_fw-la
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title_n to_o the_o crown_n though_o in_o vain_a intend_v to_o have_v seize_v on_o he_o at_o winchester_n and_o put_v out_o his_o eye_n but_o his_o treason_n be_v discover_v before_o it_o come_v to_o the_o accomplishment_n he_o be_v take_v and_o send_v to_o rome_n to_o purge_v himself_o by_o oath_n where_o before_o the_o altar_n of_o st._n peter_n and_o pope_n john_n the_o 10_o the_o he_o abjure_v the_o fact_n and_o thereupon_o fall_v sudden_o down_o dead_a to_o the_o earth_n and_o be_v carry_v from_o before_o the_o altar_n by_o his_o servant_n to_o the_o english_a school_n he_o there_o die_v within_o three_o day_n after_o 10._o upon_o this_o the_o poâ—e_a â—ent_n to_o â—he_n king_n to_o advise_v what_o he_o shall_v do_v with_o he_o and_o â—hether_o he_o shall_v allow_v he_o burial_n with_o other_o christiaâ—_n câ—rps_v the_o king_n hereupon_o assemble_v a_o council_n of_o his_o noble_n to_o advise_v about_o it_o optimates_fw-la regionisâ—_n â—_z the_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n with_o a_o great_a company_n of_o elfrids_n kindred_n earnest_o request_v of_o the_o king_n with_o great_a humility_n that_o his_o body_n may_v be_v commit_v to_o christian_a burial_n the_o king_n consent_v to_o their_o request_n acquaint_v the_o pope_n therewith_o who_o grant_v he_o christian_a burial_n though_o unworthy_a hereupon_o the_o noble_n adjudge_v all_o his_o land_n and_o possession_n great_a and_o small_a to_o the_o king_n who_o by_o their_o consent_n 6.10_o grant_v and_o confirm_v they_o all_o to_o the_o abbey_n of_o malmesbury_n by_o his_o charter_n wherein_o he_o recite_v sciant_fw-la sapientes_fw-la regionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la non_fw-la have_v praefatas_fw-la terras_fw-la i_o injustè_fw-fr rapuisse_fw-la rapinamque_fw-la deo_fw-la dedicasse_fw-la sed_fw-la sic_fw-la eas_fw-la accepi_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la judicaverunt_fw-la omnes_fw-la optimates_fw-la regni_fw-la anglorum_fw-la insuper_fw-la et_fw-la apostolicus_n papa_n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la johannes_n after_o 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pietatem_fw-la ejus_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la rebus_fw-la suspicere_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-la sapientiam_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la animadverterat_fw-la juvenis_fw-la presertim_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la dei_fw-la gratiosum_fw-la de_fw-la rapinâ_fw-la holocaustum_fw-la pietatem_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la munus_fw-la ultione_fw-la divinâ—_n collatum_fw-la deo_fw-la potissimum_fw-la non_fw-la ingratus_fw-la rependeret_fw-la from_o whence_o i_o shall_v only_o observe_v that_o elsrid_a be_v a_o pâ—er_n of_o the_o realm_n die_v perjure_v as_o aforesaid_a be_v adjudge_v to_o forfeit_v all_o his_o land_n for_o treason_n after_o his_o death_n only_o by_o his_o peer_n in_o a_o parliamentary_a council_n and_o that_o iâ—_n the_o king_n have_v seize_v on_o they_o without_o their_o judgement_n it_o have_v be_v a_o unjust_a rapine_n by_o his_o own_o confession_n but_o be_v legal_o confiscate_v to_o he_o by_o their_o judgement_n it_o be_v no_o rapine_n but_o justice_n for_o he_o to_o seizeâ—_n and_o piety_n 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