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chron._n worc._n m._n paris_n wendover_n wallingford_n paris_n will_v the_o risharger_n chron._n s._n albani_n gual_n the_o covenary_a will_v the_o risharger_n chron._n litchf_n hist._n minor_n wil._n the_o risharger_n epist._n robert_n lincoln_n matth._n paris_n regis_fw-la roffen_n johan._n de_fw-fr wallingford_n chron._n de_fw-fr litchf_n claus_n anno_fw-la 46._o &_o 47._o hen._n 3._o claus_n anno_o 37._o hen._n 3._o wil._n de_fw-fr rishanger_n claus._n anno_fw-la 9_o â—ib_fw-la 3._o parl._n oxâ—on_n matth._n paris_n chron._n worc._n chron._n litâ—hf_n claus._n aâ—â—no_fw-la 49._o hen._n 3._o chron._n s._n albani_n regis_fw-la roffen_n rot._n in_o scrio_n wil._n de_fw-fr rishanger_n scacar_n rot._n â—egiâ—_n in_o scâ—â—a_n 56._o h._n 3._o wallingford_n wil._n de_fw-fr rishaâ—ger_n chron._n de_fw-fr dunst._n ordâ—â—at_fw-la inter_fw-la rec._n lond._n chron._n origin_n sub_fw-la â—â—gillo_fw-la chron._n luchf_n wil._n dâ—_n rishaâ—geâ—_n chr._n britanniae_fw-la chron._n dunst._n wil._n the_o risharger_n rot._n part_n 53._o h._n 3._o m._n 51._o rishanger_n io._n tuxeter_n mon._n bury_n rot._n cart._n 51.52_o hen._n 3._o claus._n 52._o h._n 3._o m._n 29._o chron._n dunst._n ordinat_fw-la author_n reg._n aulae_fw-la glaus_n 53._o hen._n 3._o rishanger_n pat._n 53._o &_o 54._o hen._n 3._o comment_fw-fr de_fw-fr trail_n bâ—ston_fw-mi barth_n coâ—on_n chron._n norwic._n crostino_n purificationis_fw-la 1388._o 1389._o 1390._o 1392._o 1393._o 1397._o 1398._o tranquil_a in_o caligula_n tacitus_n in_o proaemio_fw-la jer._n 25_o 9_o ezech._n 29_o 18._o jer._n 29_o 7._o bacuch_o 1.11_o 1.11_o 1.11_o so_o do_v domitian_n put_v to_o death_n epaphroditus_n nero_n libertine_n because_o he_o help_v nero_n although_o in_o love_n to_o kill_v himself_o so_o do_v severus_n kill_v all_o the_o killer_n of_o pertinax_n his_o predecessor_n and_o likewise_o vitellius_n do_v put_v to_o death_n all_o the_o murderer_n of_o galba_n theophilus_n emperor_n of_o grecia_n cause_v all_o those_o to_o be_v slay_v who_o have_v make_v his_o father_n emperor_n by_o kill_v leo_n arâ—â—nius_n and_o alexander_n the_o great_a put_v to_o cruel_a execution_n those_o that_o have_v slay_v darius_n his_o mighty_a and_o mortal_a enemy_n deut._n 17.12_o psal._n 105._o exod._n 22.28_o act._n 23.5_o rom._n 13.1.13_o tit._n 3.1_o 1_o pet._n 2.13_o 14_o 17._o 2_o tim_n 2.2_o rom._n 13.2_o john_n 19.11_o cap._n 45.1_o 2_o chron._n 36.22_o 2_o chron._n 19.6_o psal._n 28._o sap._n 6._o quintil._n in_o declam_n cic._n offic_n lib._n 1._o nehem_n 9.37_o alphons_n a_o casâ—_n in_o lâ—b_n de_fw-fr baerâ—s_fw-fr in_o verb._n tiran_n dom_fw-la sot_n lib._n 5._o the_o just_a &_o jur_n q._n 1_o artic_a 3._o