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all_o â—ishops_n by_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la and_o â—tat_fw-la 25_o edw._n 3._o
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to_o e._n chamberlain_n she_o write_v herself_o susanna_n clifford_n chamberlain_n notwithstanding_o all_o which_o their_o condition_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la be_v the_o best_a in_o the_o world_n for_o such_o be_v the_o good_a nature_n of_o englishman_n towards_o their_o wife_n such_o be_v their_o tenderness_n and_o respect_n give_v they_o the_o uppermost_a place_n at_o table_n and_o elsewhere_o the_o right_a hand_n every_o where_o and_o put_v they_o upon_o no_o drudgery_n and_o hardship_n that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o bridge_n over_o into_o england_n as_o aforesaid_a it_o be_v think_v all_o the_o woman_n in_o europe_n will_v run_v thither_o beside_o in_o some_o thing_n the_o law_n of_o england_n be_v above_o other_o nation_n so_o favourable_a to_o that_o sex_n as_o if_o the_o woman_n have_v vote_v at_o the_o make_n of_o they_o if_o a_o wife_n bring_v forth_o a_o child_n during_o her_o husband_n absence_n though_o it_o be_v for_o some_o year_n within_o england_n and_o not_o beyond_o the_o 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