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he_o ought_v to_o do_v right_a judgement_n in_o his_o kingdom_n and_o maintain_v justice_n by_o advice_n of_o the_o proceres_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la all_o these_o thing_n the_o king_n in_o proper_a person_n look_v upon_o and_o touch_v the_o holy_a gospel_n and_o upon_o the_o holy_a and_o sacred_a relic_n must_v swear_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o people_n and_o clergy_n to_o do_v before_o he_o be_v crown_v by_o the_o archbishop_n and_o bishop_n of_o the_o kingdom_n lamb._n of_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o england_n pag._n 142._o rex_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la vicarius_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la &_o populum_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la sanctam_fw-la veneretur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la &_o regat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la injuriosis_n defendat_fw-la &_o maleficos_fw-la ab_fw-la eâ_fw-la evellat_fw-la &_o destruat_fw-la &_o penitus_fw-la disper_n quod_fw-la nisi_fw-la fecerit_fw-la nec_fw-la nomen_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la constabit_fw-la et_fw-la paulò_fw-la post_fw-la debet_fw-la rex_fw-la omne_fw-la ritè_fw-la facere_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la &_o per_fw-la judicium_fw-la procerum_fw-la regni_fw-la debet_fw-la enim_fw-la jus_fw-la &_o justitia_fw-la magis_fw-la regnare_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la quà m_fw-la voluntas_fw-la prava_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la semper_fw-la quod_fw-la jus_fw-la facit_fw-la voluntas_fw-la autem_fw-la violentia_fw-la &_o vis_fw-fr non_fw-fr est_fw-fr jus._n debet_fw-la verò_fw-la rex_fw-la deum_fw-la timere_fw-la super_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o diligere_fw-la &_o mandata_fw-la ejus_fw-la per_fw-la totum_fw-la regum_fw-la suum_fw-la seruare_fw-la debet_fw-la etiam_fw-la sanctam_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la integritate_fw-la &_o libertate_fw-la juxta_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la patrum_fw-la &_o praedecessorum_fw-la seruare_fw-la fovere_fw-la manutenere_fw-la regere_fw-la &_o contrainimicos_fw-la 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