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sibi_fw-la aliam_fw-la eligat_fw-la cum_fw-la dei_fw-la timore_fw-la omnes_fw-la terras_fw-la que_fw-la michi_fw-la ex_fw-la devotionibus_fw-la regum_fw-la sunt_fw-la concesse_n ad_fw-la nomen_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la monasterij_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la donate_fw-it sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la integro_fw-la et_fw-la quieto_fw-la jure_fw-la possideant_fw-la sicut_fw-la chartule_fw-la donationum_fw-la continent_n quas_fw-la in_o presenti_fw-la vobis_fw-la tradidi_fw-la et_fw-fr ne_fw-fr quis_fw-la sort_n improbus_fw-la negator_fw-la huius_fw-la donationis_fw-la erumpat_fw-la ideo_fw-la sigillatim_fw-la have_v terras_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la chartula_fw-la enumerandas_fw-la et_fw-la nominandas_fw-la optimum_fw-la duxi_fw-la quarum_fw-la prima_fw-la etc._n etc._n here_o he_o reckon_v up_o all_o the_o manor_n lordship_n and_o other_o donation_n to_o this_o his_o monastery_n in_o particular_a conclude_v thus_o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la autem_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la cuiuslibet_fw-la dignitaris_fw-la fuerit_fw-la velsi_fw-la quis_fw-la omnium_fw-la secularium_fw-la potestatum_fw-la contra_fw-la hanc_fw-la chartulam_fw-la canonice_fw-la et_fw-la regulariter_fw-la a_o i_o constitutam_fw-la contendere_fw-la presumpserit_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ex_fw-la inde_fw-la subtrahere_fw-la sit_fw-la seperatus_fw-la a_o consortio_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la omnium_fw-la et_fw-la in_o futuro_fw-la celestis_fw-la regni_fw-la portas_fw-la clausas_fw-la contra_fw-la se_fw-la undique_fw-la inveniat_fw-la a_o sancto_fw-it petro_n claviculario_fw-la celestis_fw-la regni_fw-la a_o quo_fw-la michi_fw-la licentia_fw-la huius_fw-la privilegij_fw-la data_fw-la et_fw-la permissa_fw-la fuerat_fw-la per_fw-la os_fw-la beatissimi_fw-la agathonis_n apostolice_n sedis_fw-la presulis_fw-la cum_fw-la romam_fw-la adij_fw-la ante_fw-la a_o xviii_o ann._n ab_fw-la incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la dc_o lxxvij_o chartula_fw-la autem_fw-la hec_fw-la a_o medictata_fw-la confirmata_fw-la in_o sua_fw-la 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