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scotiae_fw-la quas_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la vestro_fw-la ut_fw-la scitis_fw-la principaliter_fw-la assumpsimus_fw-la fuissent_fw-la quod_fw-la absit_fw-la verisimiliter_fw-la in_o ruina_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la ad_fw-la evitanda_fw-la tanta_fw-la pericula_fw-la praemissis_fw-la protestationibus_fw-la de_fw-la revocando_fw-la cum_fw-la possemus_fw-la provide_v quae_fw-la sic_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la quasi_fw-la invitis_fw-la extorta_fw-la fuerint_fw-la illa_fw-la sigillo_fw-la nostro_fw-la sigillari_fw-la permiserimus_fw-la ista_fw-la vice_fw-la &_o postmodum_fw-la ea_fw-la de_fw-la consilio_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la comitum_fw-la &_o baronum_fw-la ac_fw-la aliorum_fw-la peritorum_fw-la ex_fw-la causis_fw-la legitimis_fw-la quia_fw-la defecit_fw-la consensus_fw-la noster_fw-la declaravimus_fw-la esse_fw-la nulla_fw-la nec_fw-la nomen_fw-la vel_fw-la vim_o habere_fw-la debere_fw-la statuti_fw-la ac_fw-la jam_fw-la accepimus_fw-la quod_fw-la uenerabilis_fw-la pater_fw-la arch._n cant._n 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