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&_o v._n c._n year_n and_o fro_o moses_n to_o davyd_v the_o king_n be_v u_o c._n year_n and_o fro_o the_o transmygracyon_n of_o babyloyne_n unto_o the_o incarnacyon_n of_o ihesu_n cryst_n be_v four_o c._n year_n and_o thus_o be_v the_o account_v in_o all_o u_o m._n &_o u_o c._n year_n all_o these_o thing_n &_o merueylle_n do_v pylat_fw-la write_v and_o put_v in_o his_o offyce_v in_o fair_a velommy_n so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v red_a and_o know_v of_o all_o man_n that_o shall_v come_v after_o he_o &_o after_o that_o pylatte_n write_v a_o letter_n to_o the_o cyte_n of_o rome_n &_o to_o clawdyo_n the_o emperor_n amen_n ¶_o here_o endyth_v the_o treaty_n of_o nychodemus_n gospel_n ¶_o enprynt_v at_o london_n without_o tempell_n bar_n /_o in_o saint_n clementys_n parysshe_v /_o by_o i_o julyan_n notary_n dwelling_n at_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o three_o king_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n a._n m._n ccccc.vii_n
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