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succederent_fw-la corrupto_fw-la semine_fw-la regio_fw-la nolue_v rit_fw-fr procreari_fw-la as_o 900._o ingulphus_n 13._o matthew_n westminster_n and_o other_o record_n thereby_o expose_v the_o kingdom_n for_o a_o prey_n to_o the_o ambitious_a pretender_n aspire_v after_o it_o upon_o which_o consideration_n praesentiebant_fw-la plures_fw-la in_o ejus_fw-la morte_fw-la desolationem_fw-la patriae_fw-la plebis_fw-la exterminium_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la nobilitatis_fw-la excidium_fw-la finem_fw-la libertatis_fw-la honoris_fw-la rvinam_fw-la as_o 399._o abbot_n ailred_n inform_v we_o the_o english_a prelate_n and_o noble_n be_v then_o all_o assemble_v at_o westminster_n to_o the_o solemn_a consecration_n of_o the_o abbey_n be_v much_o perplex_v and_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o people_n exceed_o grieve_v at_o his_o death_n for_o although_o he_o be_v 79._o vir_fw-la propter_fw-la morum_fw-la simplicitatem_fw-la parum_fw-la imperio_fw-la idoneus_fw-la yet_o he_o be_v deo_fw-la devotus_fw-la ideoque_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la directus_fw-la denique_fw-la eo_fw-la regnante_fw-la nullus_fw-la tumultus_fw-la domesticus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la cito_fw-la comprimeretur_fw-la nullum_fw-la bellum_fw-la forinsecus_fw-la omne_fw-la domi_fw-la forisque_fw-la quieta_fw-la omne_fw-la tranquilla_fw-la quod_fw-la eo_fw-la magis_fw-la stupendum_fw-la quia_fw-la ita_fw-la se_fw-la mansuete_fw-la ageret_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la viles_fw-la homunculos_fw-la verbo_fw-la laedere_fw-la noscet_fw-la nam_fw-la dum_fw-la quadam_fw-la vice_fw-la venatum_fw-la isset_fw-la et_fw-la agrestis_fw-la quidem_fw-la stabulata_fw-la illa_fw-la quibus_fw-la in_o cass_n cervi_fw-la urgentur_fw-la confudisset_fw-la ille_fw-la sua_fw-la nobili_fw-la percitus_fw-la ira_fw-la per_fw-la deum_fw-la inquit_fw-la et_fw-la matrem_fw-la ejus_fw-la tantundem_fw-la tibi_fw-la nocebo_fw-la si_fw-la potero_fw-la egregius_fw-la animus_n quise_z regem_fw-la in_o talibus_fw-la non_fw-la meminisset_fw-la nec_fw-la abjectae_fw-la conditionis_fw-la homini_fw-la se_fw-la posse_fw-la nocere_fw-la putaret_fw-la erat_fw-la interea_fw-la ejus_fw-la apud_fw-la domesticos_fw-la reverentia_fw-la vehemens_fw-la apud_fw-la exteros_fw-la metus_fw-la ingens_fw-la fovebat_fw-la profecto_fw-la ejus_fw-la simplicitatem_fw-la deus_fw-la ut_fw-la posset_n timeri_fw-la qui_fw-la nesciret_fw-la irasci_fw-la no_o wonder_v then_o if_o his_o death_n be_v much_o lament_v by_o all_o his_o subject_n 402._o cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la et_fw-la in_o rege_fw-la cernerent_fw-la unde_fw-la gauderent_fw-la et_fw-la in_o se_fw-la sentirent_fw-la unde_fw-la dolerent_fw-la the_o english_a nobility_n be_v much_o trouble_v and_o divide_v in_o their_o mind_n and_o affection_n which_o be_v waver_v touch_v the_o election_n of_o a_o fit_a person_n to_o succeed_v he_o 433._o fluctuabant_fw-la proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la quem_fw-la sibi_fw-la regem_fw-la praeficerent_fw-la et_fw-la rectorem_fw-la many_o of_o they_o favour_v william_n duke_n of_o 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