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q._n 22._o 2._o 1._o 96._o 117._o l._n 7._o s._n 4._o d._n 600._o l._n 15._o s._n 8._o d._n ob_fw-la 17._o 8._o 5._o 89._o 200._o l._n 651._o l._n 18_o s._n 2._o d._n q._n cum._n 281._o l._n 13._o s._n 19_o d._n q_o ãâã_d archiepatus_fw-la iuxta_fw-la valoââm_fw-la 11._o 4._o 2._o 44._o 58._o l._n 9_o s._n 4._o d._n 287._o l._n 2._o s._n 1._o ob_fw-la q._n 38._o 5._o 16._o 128._o 40._o 590.16.12_o q._n 26._o 6._o 4._o 145._o 100_o l._n 435._o l._n 12._o d._n 5._o 1._o 1._o 26._o 120._o l._n 7._o s._n 6._o d._n 161._o l._n 19_o d._n ob_fw-la valoris_fw-la epatuum_fw-la comitatus_fw-la archinatus_fw-la &_o valores_fw-la dignit_fw-la &_o preb._n beneficia_fw-la dunelm_n 2821._o l._n 17._o d._n q._n 1821._o l._n 17._o d._n q._n dunelme_n northumber_n dunel_n 100_o l._n northumb._n 36._o l._n 13._o s._n 4._o d._n null_a 107._o 6._o 9_o 2._o 2._o elien_n 2134._o l._n 18._o s._n 5._o d._n ob_fw-la q._n tertia_fw-la pars_fw-la q._n cantabridg_n elien_n 177._o l._n 5._o s._n 2._o d._n ob_fw-la nul_fw-fr 137._o 2._o 0._o eborum_fw-la 2035._o l._n 3._o s._n 7._o d._n 1069._o l._n 19_o s._n 2._o d._n q._n eborum_fw-la nottingham_n eborum_fw-la 90._o l._n 3_o s_o cliveland_n 36._o l._n s._n d._n estride_v 62._o l._n 14._o s._n 2._o d._n ob_fw-la nottingham_n 61._o l._n 8._o d._n ob_fw-la 36._o 137._o 12._o 7._o 3._o 1._o exonicum_fw-la 1566._o l._n 14._o s._n 6._o d._n 500_o l._n q._n devon_n cornwall_n exon_n 60._o l._n 15_o s._n 10._o d._n cornub._n 50._o l_o 6._o s._n 3_o d._n ob_fw-la taunton_n 37._o l._n 10._o s._n 3._o d._n ob_fw-la barnestaple_n 48_o l._n 19_o s._n 8._o d._n 29._o 546._o 49._o 27._o 11._o 8._o glocestre_fw-fr 315._o l._n 7._o s._n 2._o d._n gloucester_n glouce_v 75._o l._n 4._o s._n ob_fw-la 4._o d._n nul_fw-fr 240._o 7._o 3._o 3._o 1._o hereford_n 768._o l._n 10._o s._n 10._o d._n ob_fw-la q._n radnar_n heref_o salop._n mongomery_n wigorn._n hereford_n 41._o l._n 17._o 11._o d._n salop._n 32._o l._n 10._o s._n 9_o d._n 32._o 277._o 3._o 1._o 0._o 0._o 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entomb_v here_o in_o our_o lady_n chapel_n with_o this_o epitaph_n qui_fw-la legis_fw-la have_v apices_fw-la adriani_n pignora_fw-la dices_fw-la hoc_fw-la sita_fw-la sarcophago_fw-la sua_fw-la nostro_fw-la gloria_fw-la pago_fw-la hic_fw-la decus_fw-la abbatum_fw-la patrie_fw-fr lux_fw-la vir_fw-la probitatum_fw-la subuenit_fw-la à _fw-la celo_fw-la si_fw-la cord_n rogetur_fw-la anhelo_fw-la these_o seven_o abbot_n above_o mention_v be_v all_o outlandish_a man_n send_v hither_o either_o at_o the_o first_o to_o accompany_v augustine_n or_o afterward_o mellitus_n and_o justus_n in_o their_o journey_n from_o rome_n eight_o albinus_n the_o scholar_n of_o adrian_n and_o abbot_n of_o this_o house_n be_v here_o inter_v who_o as_o he_o follow_v his_o master_n in_o his_o office_n so_o do_v he_o in_o all_o his_o good_a and_o godly_a way_n and_o so_o die_v in_o the_o 24._o year_n of_o his_o abbotship_n 732._o and_o be_v bury_v by_o his_o master_n laus_fw-la patris_fw-la albini_n non_fw-la est_fw-la obnoxia_fw-la fini_fw-fr gloria_fw-la debetur_fw-la sibi_fw-la quam_fw-la sita_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la meretur_fw-la multa_fw-la quip_n bonos_fw-es faciens_fw-la virtute_fw-la patronos_fw-la abbas_n efficitur_fw-la bone_fw-la hic_fw-la et_fw-la honore_fw-la petitur_fw-la nine_o short_o after_o the_o decease_n of_o albin_n one_o nothbaldus_fw-la a_o monk_n of_o this_o fraternity_n be_v choose_v abbot_n in_o which_o office_n he_o continue_v about_o sixteen_o year_n die_v ann_n 748._o and_o be_v bury_v near_o his_o predecessor_n nothbaldi_n mores_fw-la rutilant_a inter_fw-la seniores_fw-la cvius_fw-la erat_fw-la vita_fw-la subiectis_fw-la norma_fw-la polita_fw-la ten_o aldhumus_fw-la be_v the_o next_o abbot_n in_o the_o time_n of_o who_o government_n the_o burial_n of_o the_o archbishop_n be_v take_v away_o from_o the_o church_n of_o this_o monastery_n by_o the_o cunning_a sleight_n and_o overswaying_a authority_n of_o archbishop_n cuthbert_n as_o i_o have_v partly_o touch_v but_o 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