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shall_v behoove_v they_o to_o agree_v for_o the_o robbery_n and_o trespass_n or_o else_o that_o they_o answer_v for_o the_o body_n of_o the_o offender_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o king_n will_v not_o that_o his_o people_n shall_v be_v sudden_o put_v in_o fear_n of_o this_o penalty_n which_o seem_v very_o hard_a to_o many_o the_o king_n grant_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o incur_v it_o immediate_o but_o it_o shall_v be_v respite_v until_o the_o easter_n follow_v etc._n etc._n claus_n anno_fw-la 21_o ed._n 1._o in_o 4._o dorso_n proclamatio_fw-la sive_fw-la breve_fw-la direct_v ’_o vic_n ’_o de_fw-fr quibusdam_fw-la articulis_fw-la statuti_fw-la proclamand_v ’_o &_o publicandis_fw-la etc._n etc._n rex_fw-la vic_n ’_o ebâ—…_n ’_o s_o ’_o come_v ad_fw-la majorem_fw-la tranquilitatem_fw-la pâ—â—is_fw-la nostrae_fw-la tenend_v ’_o &_o depredatorum_fw-la ac_fw-la aliâ—rum_fw-la malefactorum_fw-la malitiam_fw-la reprimendam_fw-la quosdam_fw-la articulos_fw-la ea_fw-la occasione_n per_fw-la totum_fw-la regâ—…um_fw-la nostruâ—…_n statuâ—â—imus_fw-la observera_fw-la inter_fw-la quot_fw-la ordinâ—vimus_fw-la &_o mandavimus_fw-la per_fw-la singulâ—e_fw-la comitatus_fw-la infra_fw-la idem_fw-la regâ—um_fw-la quod_fw-la statim_fw-la post_fw-la robberias_n &_o polonias_n fact_n as_o fieret_fw-la recens_fw-la secta_fw-la de_fw-la villa_n in_o villam_fw-la &_o de_fw-la patria_fw-la in_o patrium_fw-la et_fw-la similiter_fw-la inquisitiones_fw-la fierent_fw-la si_fw-la necesse_fw-la esset_fw-la in_o villis_fw-la hundredis_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la &_o aliquando_fw-la in_o duobus_fw-la tribus_fw-la vel_fw-la quatuor_fw-la comitatibus_fw-la in_o casibus_fw-la cum_fw-la feloniae_fw-la factae_fw-la fuissent_fw-la in_o marchia_n comitatuum_fw-la ita_fw-la quod_fw-la malefactores_fw-la deprehendi_fw-la possent_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la patria_fw-la de_fw-fr corporibus_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la alefactorum_fw-la non_fw-la responderet_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o patria_fw-la commorantes_fw-la de_fw-la robberiis_fw-la factis_fw-la &_o damnis_fw-la responderent_fw-la ac_fw-la jam_fw-la ex_fw-la plurium_fw-la insinuatione_fw-la acceperimus_fw-la quod_fw-la post_fw-la statutum_n &_o mandatum_fw-la praedictum_fw-la homicidia_fw-la robberiae_fw-la incendia_fw-la &_o aliae_fw-la trangressiones_n diversae_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la nostro_fw-la in_o defectum_fw-la articulorum_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la minus_fw-la plene_fw-la observatorum_fw-la de_fw-la die_v in_o diem_fw-la plus_fw-la solite_fw-la perpetrantur_fw-la nos_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la damnis_fw-la &_o periculis_fw-la obviare_fw-la volentes_fw-la mittimus_fw-la vobis_fw-la statutum_n illud_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la editum_fw-la sub_fw-la sigillo_fw-la nostro_fw-la praecipientes_fw-la &_o sub_fw-la gravi_fw-la forisfactura_fw-la nostra_fw-la firmiter_fw-la injungentes_fw-la quod_fw-la omni_fw-la dilatione_fw-la praepositae_fw-la statutum_n praedictum_fw-la in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la tuo_fw-la in_o singulis_fw-la hundredis_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la burgis_fw-la feriis_fw-la mercatis_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la locis_fw-la solemnibus_fw-la quibus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la de_fw-la com_n ’_o prad_v ’_o inde_fw-la major_a &_o celerior_fw-la notitia_fw-la &_o evidentia_fw-la fieri_fw-la poterit_fw-la publicé_fw-la lege_fw-la clamari_fw-la &_o firmiter_fw-la teneri_fw-la facias_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la contentis_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la certo_fw-la
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the_o meaning_n of_o it_o for_o it_o may_v be_v that_o the_o person_n rob_v be_v bind_v or_o maim_v etc._n etc._n so_o that_o he_o can_v not_o raise_v any_o hue_n and_o cry_n or_o give_v any_o notice_n to_o the_o country_n and_o it_o be_v a_o general_a rule_n in_o law_n that_o where_o the_o law_n appoint_v no_o person_n to_o give_v notice_n the_o party_n concern_v himself_o be_v bind_v to_o take_v notice_n at_o his_o peril_n as_o if_o a_o church_n become_v void_a by_o virtue_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o 21_o of_o hen._n 8._o the_o patron_n be_v bind_v to_o present_v at_o his_o peril_n within_o six_o month_n after_o the_o institution_n and_o induction_n into_o the_o second_o benefice_n 1.258_o cro._n par_fw-fr 1.258_o though_o all_o this_o be_v do_v without_o his_o have_v the_o least_o knowledge_n of_o it_o 292._o dier_n 292._o but_o if_o a_o church_n become_v void_a by_o sentence_n of_o deprivation_n in_o the_o ecclesiastical_a court_n and_o the_o six_o month_n after_o which_o 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