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habitationem_fw-la concessiâ—…eâ—_n nec_fw-la alicui_fw-la probo_fw-la homini_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la idem_fw-la timere_fw-la possit_fw-la quod_fw-la aliis_fw-la praejudicio_fw-la accedisse_fw-la cerneret_fw-la hereupon_o many_o clamour_n and_o tumult_n arise_v among_o the_o people_n they_o go_v to_o archbishop_n dunstan_n praecipue_fw-la proceribus_fw-la ut_fw-la laicorum_fw-la est_fw-la succlamantibus_fw-la praejudicium_fw-la etc._n etc._n but_o especial_o to_o the_o noble_n as_o the_o manner_n of_o layman_n be_v cry_v out_o unto_o they_o that_o the_o secular_a clergy_n be_v prejudge_v and_o suffer_v unjust_o be_v expel_v their_o 〈◊〉_d posession_n without_o cause_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v more_o mild_o 4._o deal_v with_o and_o restore_v to_o their_o right_n dunstan_n give_v a_o deaf_a ear_n to_o these_o their_o just_a complaint_n many_o of_o the_o prince_n and_o noble_n thereupon_o in_o a_o tumultuous_a manner_n expulse_v the_o abbot_n and_o monk_n out_o of_o the_o 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quod_fw-la per_fw-la merciam_fw-la monachis_fw-la de_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la monastertis_fw-la ejectis_fw-la clerici_fw-la sunt_fw-la inducti_fw-la qui_fw-la statim_fw-la monasteriorum_fw-la maneria_fw-la ducibus_fw-la terrae_fw-la distribuebant_fw-la ut_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o svas_fw-la part_n obligati_fw-la eos_fw-la contra_fw-la monachos_fw-la defensarent_fw-la tunc_fw-la de_fw-la monasterio_n eveshamensi_fw-la mon_fw-fr ache_n expulsis_fw-la clerici_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la introducti_fw-la terraeque_fw-la tyranni_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la praemiati_fw-la sunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la regina_fw-la cum_fw-la novercali_fw-la nequitia_fw-la stans_fw-la cum_fw-la clericis_fw-la in_fw-la regis_fw-la opprobrium_fw-la favebat_fw-la cum_fw-la monachis_fw-la rex_fw-la et_fw-la sancti_fw-la episcopi_fw-la persistebant_fw-la sed_fw-la tyranni_fw-la fulti_fw-la reginae_fw-la favore_fw-la et_fw-la potentia_fw-la super_fw-la monachos_fw-la triumphabant_fw-la the_o monk_n on_o the_o contrary_a to_o secure_v their_o interest_n by_o like_a bribe_n and_o mean_n as_o be_v most_o probable_a though_o our_o monkish_a historian_n conceal_v it_o stir_v up_o ethelwin_n duke_n of_o the_o east-english_a and_o brithnorth_n earl_n of_o essex_n man_n of_o great_a dread_n and_o power_n to_o appear_v in_o their_o quarrel_n and_o resist_v the_o opposite_a party_n qui_fw-la in_o synodo_fw-la 6._o constituti_fw-la who_o assemble_v together_o in_o a_o synod_n or_o council_n for_o that_o end_n protest_v that_o they_o will_v never_o endure_v the_o monk_n shall_v be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o realm_n who_o hold_v up_o all_o religion_n in_o the_o kingdom_n after_o which_o they_o raise_v a_o mighty_a army_n defend_v with_o great_a valour_n the_o monastery_n of_o the_o eastern_a english_a keep_v the_o monk_n in_o possession_n of_o they_o this_o fire_n between_o the_o monk_n and_o marry_a priest_n thus_o blow_v from_o a_o spark_n to_o a_o flame_n be_v fear_v to_o mount_v high_o if_o not_o timely_o quench_v wherefore_o by_o mediation_n of_o wise_a man_n arm_n be_v lay_v aside_o the_o cause_n be_v refer_v to_o be_v hear_v and_o decide_v between_o they_o in_o a_o great_a council_n of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n for_o which_o end_n there_o be_v a_o famous_a council_n summon_v and_o hold_v at_o winchester_n which_o some_o historian_n antedate_v in_o edgar_n life_n other_o place_v in_o the_o interregnum_fw-la after_o his_o death_n but_o the_o series_n of_o story_n and_o most_o judicious_a antiquary_n evince_n it_o to_o be_v after_o edward_n coronation_n anno_fw-la 975._o in_o this_o great_a council_n the_o king_n and_o archbishop_n dunstan_n sit_v in_o their_o throne_n as_o chief_a judge_n of_o the_o controversy_n in_o the_o east-end_a of_o the_o hall_n of_o the_o refectory_n of_o winchester_n abbey_n near_o the_o wall_n wherein_o there_o be_v a_o crucifix_n immure_v just_a behind_o they_o deuce_n cum_fw-la torius_fw-la regni_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la the_o duke_n with_o all_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n and_o the_o expulse_v marry_a clerk_n stand_v on_o the_o left_a side_n of_o the_o refectory_n and_o plead_v for_o themselves_o that_o they_o may_v be_v restore_v and_o oswald_z archbishop_n of_o york_n athelwold_n bishop_n of_o winchester_n with_o the_o monk_n stand_v all_o together_o on_o the_o right_a side_n of_o the_o hall_n plead_v for_o their_o continuance_n in_o their_o church_n as_o the_o author_n of_o the_o old_a manuscript_n chronicle_n of_o winchester_n abby_n
ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la deducatur_fw-la sed_fw-la justitia_fw-la pacificans_fw-la pro_fw-la necessitate_v populi_fw-la exquiratur_fw-la ne_fw-la pro_fw-la levi_fw-la re_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la &_o svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la pretium_fw-la quod_fw-la profundè_fw-la redemit_fw-la desperet_fw-la lex_fw-la 26._o praecipimus_fw-la nè_fw-la christiani_n passim_fw-la in_o exilio_fw-la vendantur_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o gentilitatem_fw-la nè_fw-la forte_fw-fr pereant_fw-la animae_fw-la quas_fw-la propria_fw-la vita_fw-la sua_fw-la mercatus_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la noster_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la lex_fw-la 31._o omnis_fw-la injustitia_fw-la deinceps_fw-la opprimatur_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la 9_o &_o brigbotam_fw-la &_o scipforthunga_n &_o frothunga_n qui_fw-la navigii_fw-la vel_fw-la expeditionis_fw-la sonant_fw-la apparatum_fw-la sedulo_fw-la procuremus_fw-la cum_fw-la necesse_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ad_fw-la common_a regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la commodum_fw-la et_fw-la perquiramus_fw-la simul_fw-la modis_fw-la oâ—…_n quo_fw-la modo_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la possit_fw-la consilium_fw-la ad_fw-la profectum_fw-la populi_fw-la obtineri_fw-la rectaque_fw-la christianitas_fw-la propensius_fw-la erigi_fw-la &_o quicquid_fw-la injustum_fw-la est_fw-la solertius_fw-la enâ—rvari_fw-la lex_fw-la 34._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la deinceps_fw-la vnlage_n i._n e._n non_fw-la legem_fw-la erigat_fw-la vel_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicet_fw-la pro_fw-la laesione_n vel_fw-la aliqua_fw-la pecuniae_fw-la susceptione_n sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la cxx_o s._n reus_fw-la in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la nisi_fw-la cum_fw-la juramento_fw-la audeat_fw-la inveritare_fw-la quod_fw-la rectin_n nescivit_fw-la judicare_fw-la &_o dignitatem_fw-la suae_fw-la legalitatis_fw-la semper_fw-la amittat_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la eam_fw-la redimat_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la sicut_fw-la ei_fw-la permittetur_fw-la in_o denelaga_n lathslithes_n reus_fw-la sit_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la juret_fw-la quod_fw-la melius_fw-la nescivit_fw-la lex_fw-la 36._o qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la accusare_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la pecunia_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la &_o denique_fw-la mendacium_fw-la pernoscatur_fw-la linguam_fw-la svam_fw-la perdat_fw-la vel_fw-la weregildo_n redimatur_fw-la lex_fw-la 37._o nemo_fw-la regem_fw-la requiret_fw-la de_fw-la justitia_fw-la facienda_fw-la dum_fw-la ei_fw-la rectum_fw-la offertur_fw-la in_o hundredo_fw-la svo_fw-la &_o requiratur_fw-la hundredum_fw-la secundum_fw-la witam_n sicut_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la lex_fw-la 38._o et_fw-la habeatur_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la ter_z burgimotus_fw-la &_o scyremotus_fw-la bis_fw-la nisi_fw-la saepius_fw-la sit_fw-la necesse_fw-la et_fw-la inter_fw-la sit_fw-la episcopus_fw-la et_fw-la aldermannus_n et_fw-la doceant_fw-la ibi_fw-la deirectum_fw-la et_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 59_o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr in_o aliquo_fw-la tempore_fw-la concessa_fw-la injustitia_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la injustitia_fw-la est_fw-la festis_fw-la diebus_fw-la et_fw-la sanctificatis_fw-la locis_fw-la propensius_fw-la interdicta_fw-la semperque_fw-la sicui_fw-la homo_fw-la potentior_fw-la est_fw-la vel_fw-la majoris_fw-la ordinis_fw-la sic_fw-la debet_fw-la solertius_fw-la pro_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la seculo_fw-la quod_fw-la justum_fw-la est_fw-la emendaâ—e_fw-la et_fw-la ideo_fw-la gratam_fw-mi emendationem_fw-la sedulo_fw-la per_fw-la quiramus_fw-la de_fw-la scripture_n sanctis_fw-la et_fw-la seâ—_n cularem_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la seculi_fw-la lex_fw-la 83._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la regis_fw-la vel_fw-la domini_fw-la svi_fw-la quoquo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d modo_fw-la traectaverit_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la â—t_z omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la nisi_fw-la triplici_fw-la judicio_fw-la se_fw-la purget_fw-la lex_fw-la 91._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la burgbotam_fw-la vel_fw-la brigbotam_fw-la 1._o burgi_fw-la vel_fw-la pontis_fw-la refectionem_fw-la vel_fw-la firdfare_n 1._o in_o exercitum_fw-la ire_n supersedeat_fw-la emendet_fw-la hoc_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la c._n xx_o s._n in_o anglorum_fw-la laga_fw-la in_o denelaga_n sicut_fw-la lex_fw-la stetit_fw-la antea_fw-la vel_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la adlegiet_fw-la nominentur_fw-la ei_fw-la 14._o et_fw-la acquirat_fw-la ex_fw-la eye_v 11._o lex_fw-la 96._o haec_fw-la est_fw-la alleviatio_fw-la quam_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la meo_fw-la praevidere_fw-la volo_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la nimis_fw-la omnino_fw-la fuerant_fw-la aggravati_fw-la praecipio_fw-la praepositis_fw-la meis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o proprio_fw-la meo_fw-la lucrentur_fw-la et_fw-la inde_fw-la mihi_fw-la serviant_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la cogatur_fw-la ad_fw-la firmae_fw-la adjutorium_fw-la aliquid_fw-la dare_v nisi_fw-la sponte_fw-la sua_fw-la velit_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la aliquem_fw-la inde_fw-la gravabit_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la rogem_fw-la lex_fw-la 97._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la ex_fw-la hac_fw-la vita_fw-la decedat_fw-la sine_fw-la distributione_n rerum_fw-la suarum_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incustodiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la mortem_fw-la improvisam_fw-la non_fw-la usurpet_fw-la dominus_fw-la ejus_fw-la de_fw-la pecunia_fw-la nisi_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la justam_fw-la relevationem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la quae_fw-la anglicè_fw-la voco_fw-la hereget_fw-la sed_fw-la sit_fw-la secundnm_fw-la dictionem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ipsa_fw-la pecunia_fw-la recte_fw-la divisa_fw-la uxori_fw-la pveris_fw-la et_fw-la propinquis_fw-la unicuique_fw-la secundum_fw-la modum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la et_fw-la sint_fw-la relevationes_fw-la it_o à _fw-la minutae_fw-la sicut_fw-la modus_fw-la est_fw-la comitis_fw-la sicut_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la pertinet_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la octo_fw-la equi_fw-la quatuor_fw-la sellati_fw-la quatuor_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la galeae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la loricae_fw-la quatuor_fw-la cum_fw-la octo_fw-la lanceis_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scutis_fw-la et_fw-la gladii_fw-la quatuor_fw-la et_fw-la cc._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la postea_fw-la thayni_n regis_fw-la qui_fw-la ei_fw-la proximus_fw-la sit_fw-la quatuor_fw-la equi_fw-la duo_fw-la sellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la insellati_fw-la et_fw-la duo_fw-la gladii_fw-la et_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lanceae_fw-la et_fw-la totidem_fw-la scuta_fw-la et_fw-la galea_fw-la cum_fw-la lorica_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la 50._o marcae_fw-la auri_fw-la et_fw-la mediocris_fw-la thayni_n equus_fw-la cum_fw-la apparatu_fw-la svo_fw-la et_fw-la 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 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 9_o in_o expeditione_n 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 ipsius_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 ipsa_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la regis_fw-la transeat_fw-la lex_fw-la 105._o et_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la ante_fw-la dominum_fw-la suum_fw-la ceciderit_fw-la sit_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sit_fw-la alibi_fw-la sint_fw-la relevatitone_n condonatae_fw-la et_fw-la habeant_fw-la haeredes_fw-la ejus_fw-la terram_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la pecuniam_fw-la svam_fw-la et_fw-la rectâ—_n dividant_a inter_fw-la se_fw-la lex_fw-la 107._o et_fw-la volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la pacem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eundo_fw-la ad_fw-la gemotum_fw-la vel_fw-la rediens_fw-la de_fw-la gemoto_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la placito_fw-la nisi_fw-la sit_fw-la fur_n probatus_fw-la lex_fw-la 110._o qui_fw-la leges_fw-la istas_fw-la apostabit_fw-la quas_fw-la rex_fw-la modo_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la indulsit_fw-la sit_fw-la dacus_n sit_fw-la anglus_fw-la werae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la erga_fw-la regem_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la secundo_fw-la faciat_fw-la reddat_fw-la bis_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la addat_fw-la tertio_fw-la reus_fw-la sit_fw-la omnium_fw-la quae_fw-la habebit_fw-la in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o law_n all_o corporal_a and_o pecuniary_a penalty_n and_o fine_n for_o all_o sort_n of_o offence_n and_o crime_n be_v reduce_v to_o a_o certainty_n and_o none_o leave_v arbitrary_a and_o by_o lex_fw-la 104_o 105._o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o military_a law_n as_o well_o as_o the_o civil_a &_o ecclesiastical_a be_v make_v in_o and_o by_o advice_n and_o direction_n of_o the_o great_a council_n the_o 913._o chronicle_n of_o bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o king_n cnute_n per_fw-la chartam_fw-la svam_fw-la à _fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la suis_fw-la dedit_fw-la quam_fw-la cito_fw-la post_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la svo_fw-la apud_fw-la wintoniam_fw-la when_o and_o where_o those_o law_n be_v make_v coram_fw-la omnibus_fw-la 10._o regni_fw-la svi_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la confirmavit_fw-la give_v and_o confirm_v the_o manor_n of_o horning_n ludham_n and_o netershede_v to_o the_o monastery_n of_o cowholm_n in_o norfolk_n and_o that_o one_o maynard_n ride_v towards_o this_o parliamentary_a council_n break_v his_o neck_n who_o have_v so_o incense_v the_o king_n against_o wulfric_n and_o the_o monk_n of_o this_o monastery_n that_o he_o threaten_v to_o put_v they_o to_o death_n what_o land_n and_o privilege_n he_o give_v by_o his_o charter_n to_o 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annis_fw-la reguum_fw-la potius_fw-la obsidit_fw-la quam_fw-la rexit_fw-la nam_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la suae_fw-la cursus_fw-la saevus_fw-la et_fw-la infaustus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la principio_fw-la miser_n in_o medio_fw-la et_fw-la sine_fw-la turpis_fw-la et_fw-la reprobus_fw-la iste_fw-la tenuit_fw-la regnum_fw-la in_fw-la magna_fw-la angustia_fw-la nes_fw-la mirum_fw-la quia_fw-la sic_fw-la felonice_n et_fw-la injust_a intrusus_fw-la est_fw-la in_o regnum_fw-la rex_fw-la suorum_fw-la per_fw-la fidia_fw-la ducum_fw-la avito_fw-la ex_fw-la terris_fw-la solio_fw-la et_fw-la opis_fw-la egens_fw-la alienae_n in_o cujus_fw-la manu_fw-la aliorum_fw-la solebat_fw-la salus_fw-la pendere_fw-la e_o normannia_n accercitus_fw-la londoniae_n agebat_fw-la propter_fw-la proditores_fw-la nunquam_fw-la procedens_fw-la ubi_fw-la animam_fw-la laboribus_fw-la et_fw-la miseriis_fw-la natam_fw-la efflavit_fw-la post_fw-la cujus_fw-la mortem_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la cum_fw-la clero_fw-la 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conveniet_fw-la destinaturum_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la filiam_fw-la meam_fw-la in_o conjugem_fw-la accepturum_fw-la promiseris_fw-la tunc_fw-la et_fw-la modo_fw-la nepotem_fw-la tuum_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o angliam_fw-la venero_fw-la regnaturus_fw-la sratrem_fw-la tuum_fw-la incolumem_fw-la recipies_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la regno_fw-la si_fw-la tuo_fw-la favore_fw-la confirmatus_fw-la fuero_fw-la spondeo_fw-la quod_fw-la omne_fw-la quod_fw-la à _fw-la i_o rationabiliter_fw-la tibi_fw-la postulaveris_fw-la obtinebis_fw-la hereupon_o harold_n perceive_v danger_n on_o every_o side_n and_o not_o know_v how_o to_o escape_v unless_o he_o condescend_v to_o william_n will_n in_o all_o thing_n he_o thereupon_o consent_v to_o his_o request_n but_o he_o that_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v ratify_v bring_v forth_o the_o relic_n of_o saint_n bring_v harold_n to_o this_o that_o he_o shall_v swear_v upon_o they_o that_o he_o will_v actual_o perform_v all_o thing_n which_o they_o have_v agree_v 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