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grace_n and_o favour_n this_o year_n die_v william_n dooddingzeâ—_n justiciary_a of_o ireland_n the_o day_n after_o s._n mary_n of_o egypt_n sir_n thomas_n fitz-maurice_n succeed_v he_o also_o about_o the_o same_o time_n thâ—_n irish_a in_o leinster_n destroy_v that_o province_n burn_v the_o new_a castâ—â—_n with_o other_o village_n item_n thomas_n de_fw-fr torbevile_n a_o seducer_n oâ—_n the_o king_n and_o betrayer_n of_o his_o country_n be_v draw_v through_o the_o middle_n of_o london_n lie_v out_o at_o length_n and_o guard_v with_o four_o tormentor_n in_o vizard_n who_o revile_v he_o as_o we_o go_v along_o at_o lasâ—_n he_o be_v gibbete_v and_o deny_v the_o privilege_n of_o burial_n have_v nonâ—_n to_o attend_v his_o funeral_n but_o kite_n and_o crow_n this_o thomas_n waâ—_n one_o of_o they_o who_o in_o the_o siege_n of_o the_o castle_n of_o rion_n be_v takeâ—_n and_o carry_v to_o paris_n whereupon_o he_o promise_v the_o nobility_n oâ—_n france_n that_o he_o will_v deliver_v to_o 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