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edgari_fw-la regis_fw-la 2_o canuti_n 12._o edwardi_fw-la confessoris_fw-la gulielmi_n conquestoris_n ll._n h._n 1._o cap._n 35_o &_o 53._o ro._n parl._n 25_o e._n 3._o m_o 29._o fine_n 6._o johannis_n 10._o 3â—_n e._n 3._o ca._n 3._o westm._fw-la 2._o cap._n 25._o littleton_n tit_n release_v claus._n 24._o e._n 3._o rot._n pat._n 7_o e._n 3._o pet._n parl._n 5_o r._n 2._o par_fw-fr 1._o nu_fw-la 88_o cunaeus_n de_fw-fr repub._n hebraeorum_n ca._n 12._o grotius_n in_o deut._n 17._o 19_o 2_o chron._n 19_o 5_o 6._o levit._fw-la 7._o 8._o deut._n 17._o 8_o leu._n 14._o 29_o numb_a 3._o 47_o 48._o cap._n 18._o 11_o 15_o 16_o 17_o 18._o ezek._n 46._o 24._o grotius_n comment_fw-fr in_o 17_o deut._n 9_o ibidem_fw-la demosthenes_n adversus_fw-la timocratem_n sigonius_n de_fw-fr rep_n athen._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 3._o 495_o 496._o fletcher_n hist_n of_o russia_n segethus_fw-la de_fw-la principatibus_fw-la italiae_fw-la bodin_n lib._n 6._o de_fw-la repub_fw-la philippus_n caesius_n à _fw-fr 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