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duodecim_fw-la &_o condescendere_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o ipsi_fw-la duodecim_fw-la sex_n &_o condescendere_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o ipsi_fw-la sex_n ad_fw-la tres_fw-la &_o condescendere_fw-la in_o eye_n &_o illi_fw-la tres_fw-la in_o paucioribus_fw-la se_fw-la condescendere_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la optentâ_fw-la licentiâ_fw-la à _fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la consenceat_n ipsis_fw-la tres_fw-la possunt_fw-la in_o dvos_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr illis_fw-la duobus_fw-la aliter_fw-la poterit_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la descendere_fw-la et_fw-la ita_fw-la demum_fw-la stabit_fw-la sva_fw-la ordinatio_fw-la super_fw-la totum_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la &_o ita_fw-la condescendendo_fw-la à _fw-la viginti_fw-la quinque_fw-la personis_fw-la usque_fw-la unam_fw-la solam_fw-la personam_fw-la nisi_fw-la numerus_fw-la major_a concordare_fw-la valeat_fw-la &_o ordinare_fw-la tandem_fw-la una_fw-la persona_fw-la ut_fw-la est_fw-la dictum_fw-la pro_fw-la omnibus_fw-la 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