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obedientiâ_fw-la &_o servitio_fw-la tam_fw-la nostri_fw-la quam_fw-la corundem_fw-la progenitorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la constant_a fideliter_fw-la &_o inculpatè_fw-la perstiterunt_fw-la &_o perseveraverunt_fw-la liberaque_fw-la commercia_fw-la cum_fw-la mercatoribus_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la indigenis_fw-la ac_fw-la alienigenis_fw-la tà m_fw-la pacis_fw-la quam_fw-la belli_n temporibus_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la &_o exercuerunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o singula_fw-la cujus_fw-la &_o quanti_fw-la momentisint_fw-la &_o fuerunt_fw-la ad_fw-la tutelam_fw-la &_o conservationem_fw-la insularum_fw-la &_o locorum_fw-la maritimorum_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la in_fw-la fide_fw-la &_o obedientiâ_fw-la coronae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la angliae_fw-la nos_fw-la ut_fw-la aequum_fw-la est_fw-la perpendentes_fw-la neque_fw-la non_fw-la immemores_fw-la quam_fw-la fortiter_fw-la &_o fideliter_fw-la insularii_n praedicti_fw-la ac_fw-la caeteri_fw-la incolae_fw-la &_o habitatores_fw-la ibidem_fw-la 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