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antistes_fw-la aut_fw-la notabilis_fw-la alioqui_fw-la dignitatis_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la vir_fw-la laicus_fw-la eques_fw-la omninò_fw-la non_fw-la ignoti_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la expertus_fw-la doctus_fw-la &_o bonâ_fw-la famâ_fw-la notus_fw-la ad_fw-la hunc_fw-la spectabit_fw-la concilii_fw-la suscipiendi_fw-la manifestatio_fw-la ac_fw-la declaratio_fw-la sub_fw-la eâ_fw-la formâ_fw-la quam_fw-la supremus_fw-la &_o sodales_fw-la ordinis_fw-la praeconceperint_fw-la omni_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la conveniet_fw-la aut_fw-la oportebit_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la atque_fw-la incrementum_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la ordinis_fw-la idem_fw-la quotannis_fw-la solennitate_fw-la divi_z georgii_n in_o concilio_n proponet_fw-la atque_fw-la enarrabit_fw-la acta_fw-la egregia_fw-la laudéque_fw-la digna_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la equitum_fw-la huius_fw-la ordinis_fw-la quotquot_fw-la ita_fw-la meriti_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la verò_fw-la contrâ—_n commeruerunt_fw-la &_o illorum_fw-la quoque_fw-la probra_fw-la siqua_fw-la fuerint_fw-la recensebit_fw-la â—t_a scriba_fw-la tantò_fw-la faciliùs_fw-la ea_fw-la sub_fw-la scriptis_fw-la redigat_fw-la in_o memoriam_fw-la nunquam_fw-la desituram_fw-la habebit_fw-la hic_fw-la itaque_fw-la scilicet_fw-la cum_fw-la praelato_fw-la intra_fw-la castrum_n nostrum_fw-la windesori_fw-la mansionem_fw-la scilicet_fw-la habitum_fw-la &_o omninò_fw-la similem_fw-la victùs_fw-la assignationem_fw-la cancellarius_fw-la apud_fw-la se_fw-la common_a sigillum_fw-la ordinis_fw-la cum_fw-la signaculo_fw-la servabit_fw-la ad_fw-la statuta_fw-la commissiones_fw-la facultates_fw-la certificationes_fw-la mandata_fw-la suffragiorum_fw-la literas_fw-la aliasque_fw-la causas_fw-la ad_fw-la praedictum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la attinentes_fw-la svo_fw-la quasque_fw-la tempore_fw-la consignandas_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la legitimam_fw-la ac_fw-la rationabilem_fw-la causam_fw-la babens_fw-la ultra_fw-la decem_fw-la milliaria_fw-la recesserit_fw-la à _fw-la supremo_fw-la 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