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custodis_fw-la magni_fw-la sigilli_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la gratissima_fw-la &_o dignissima_fw-la servitia_fw-la quae_fw-la idem_fw-la consiliarius_fw-la noster_fw-la tam_fw-la praecharissimo_fw-la patri_fw-la nostro_fw-la jacobo_n regi_fw-la beatae_fw-la memoriae_fw-la per_fw-la multos_fw-la annos_fw-la quam_fw-la nobis_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la primis_fw-la auspicijs_fw-la fidelissimè_fw-la &_o prudentissimè_fw-la praestitit_fw-la &_o impendit_fw-la indiesque_fw-la impendere_fw-la non_fw-la desistit_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la circumspèctionem_fw-la prudentiam_fw-la strenuitatem_fw-la dexteritatem_fw-la integritatem_fw-la industriam_fw-la constantiam_fw-la &_o fidelitatem_fw-la ipsius_fw-la thomae_fw-la coventry_n militis_fw-la erga_fw-la nos_fw-la &_o coronam_fw-la nostram_fw-la animo_fw-la benigno_fw-la &_o regali_fw-la intimè_fw-la râ—colentes_fw-la pro_fw-la gratiae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la erga_fw-la praefatum_fw-la consiliarium_fw-la pignore_fw-la 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