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e._n f._n i._o y._n i._o g._n and_o w._n c._n and_o they_o safe_a keep_v etc._n etc._n so_o that_o he_o shall_v have_v their_o body_n before_o the_o say_a lady_n the_o queen_n here_o at_o westminster_n on_o wednesday_n next_o after_o fifteen_o day_n of_o easter_n than_o next_o follow_v to_o answer_v the_o say_v w._n m._n in_o a_o plea_n of_o trespass_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o write_v one_o e._n l._n gentleman_n the_o fifteen_o day_n of_o february_n in_o the_o year_n abovesaid_a at_o westminster_n in_o the_o county_n of_o middlesex_n aforesaid_a then_o be_v the_o under-sheriff_n of_o a._n b._n esquire_n than_o sheriff_n of_o the_o county_n of_o berks_n for_o and_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o say_v a._n b._n sheriff_n of_o the_o county_n aforesaid_a do_v make_v four_o several_a warrant_n against_o the_o say_v e._n f._n i._o y._n i._o g._n and_o w._n c._n direct_v to_o the_o bailiff_n of_o the_o hundred_o of_o read_v and_o theale_n in_o the_o say_a county_n of_o berks_n to_o take_v 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