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they_o intend_v their_o divyne_a seruyce_n &_o pray_v more_o specyal_o for_o he_o as_o they_o be_v bind_v of_o duty_n whereunto_o it_o be_v after_o pardon_n require_v last_o by_o the_o say_a father_n answer_v that_o in_o convenyent_a wise_n they_o natural_o may_v not_o pray_v for_o he_o and_o his_o good_a speed_n consyder_v that_o he_o daye_o war_v upon_o their_o father_n and_o kynnesman_n and_o slay_v of_o theym_n and_o spoil_v they_o daily_o and_o enpoveryssh_v that_o land_n which_o they_o of_o very_a kind_n ought_v to_o love_v and_o pray_v for_o after_o which_o answer_n thus_o by_o they_o make_v the_o king_n avoid_v the_o house_n of_o they_o and_o turn_v the_o land_n thereof_o to_o such_o use_n as_o he_o best_o like_v and_o suffer_v the_o house_n to_o fall_v in_o ruin_n and_o over_o this_o great_a act_n of_o sound_v of_o these_o ii_o religious_a house_n he_o ordain_v at_o westmynster_n to_o brenne_n perpetual_o wythoute_n extinction_n iiii_o taper_n of_o wax_n upon_o the_o sepulture_n of_o king_n richard_n and_z ov_o that_o he_o ordain_v thereto_o to_o be_v continue_v for_o ever_o one_o day_n in_o y_z e_z week_n a_o solemn_a dirige_fw-la to_o be_v song_n &_o upon_o the_o morrow_n a_o mass_n after_o which_o mass_n end_v certain_a money_n to_o be_v give_v as_o before_o be_v express_v with_o other_o thing_n in_o y_z e_z begin_v of_o this_o king_n reign_n and_o over_o this_o his_o great_a besynesse_n in_o war_n natwithstand_v this_o most_o cristen_v prince_n by_o his_o life_n chase_v his_o place_n of_o sepulture_n within_o the_o foresay_a monastery_n &_o there_o ordain_v for_o he_o to_o be_v song_n iii_o mass_n every_o day_n in_o the_o week_n while_o the_o world_n last_v in_o manner_n and_o form_n as_o by_o these_o verse_n follow_v do_v appear_v henrici_fw-la missae_fw-la quinti_fw-la sunt_fw-la hic_fw-la tabulatae_fw-la quae_fw-la successive_a sunt_fw-la per_fw-la monachos_fw-la celebratae_fw-la ¶_o prima_fw-la fit_a assumptae_fw-la de_fw-la festo_fw-la virgin_n almae_fw-la poscit_fw-la pusiremam_fw-la christus_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la resur_fw-la gens_fw-la dominica_n ¶_o prima_fw-la salutate_fw-la de_fw-la festo_fw-la virgin_n extat_fw-la nunciat_fw-la angelicis_fw-la laudem_fw-la postrema_fw-la choreis_fw-la â—unc_fw-la ¶_o esse_fw-la deum_fw-la natum_fw-la de_fw-la virgine_fw-la prima_fw-la fatetur_fw-la commemora_fw-la natam_fw-la sic_fw-la ultima_fw-la missa_fw-la mariam_n martis_n ¶_o prima_fw-la celebretur_fw-la ad_fw-la honorem_fw-la neupmatis_fw-la almi_fw-la vltima_fw-la conceptam_fw-la denunciat_fw-la esse_fw-la mariam_n mercurij_fw-la ¶_o semper_fw-la prima_fw-la coli_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la corpore_fw-la christi_fw-la vltima_fw-la fit_a fata_fw-la de_fw-la virgine_fw-la purificata_fw-la jovis_n ¶_o concedet_fw-la ut_fw-la prima_fw-la celebretur_fw-la de_fw-fr cruse_n sancta_fw-la atque_fw-la salutate_fw-la fiet_fw-la postrema_fw-la mariae_fw-la veneris_fw-la ¶_o omnes_fw-la ad_fw-la sanctos_fw-la est_fw-la prima_fw-la colenda_fw-la supernos_fw-la vltima_fw-la de_fw-la requie_n pro_fw-la defunctis_fw-la petit_fw-la esse_fw-la sabati_n ¶_o semper_fw-la erit_fw-la media_fw-la de_fw-la proprietate_fw-la dei_fw-la omni_fw-la die_v ¶_o missa_fw-la assumptionis_fw-la mâ—tiae_fw-la missa_fw-la dnieae_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la 1_o ¶_o missa_fw-la salutationis_fw-la mariae_fw-la missa_fw-la annunciationis_fw-la mariae_fw-la 2_o ¶_o missa_fw-la natiuâ—tatis_fw-la christi_fw-la missa_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la mariae_fw-la 3_o ¶_o missa_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la missa_fw-la conceptionis_fw-la 4_o ¶_o missa_fw-la corporis_fw-la christi_fw-la missa_fw-la purificationis_fw-la 5_o ¶_o missa_fw-la sanctae_fw-la crucis_fw-la missa_fw-la salutationis_fw-la mariae_fw-la 6_o ¶_o missa_fw-la omnium_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la missa_fw-la de_fw-la requie_n 7_o ¶_o missa_fw-la diei_fw-la quotidie_fw-la ¶_o which_o verse_n may_v thus_o to_o unletteryd_v be_v englyssh_v 'loo_o here_o be_v note_v and_o put_v in_o 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