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be_v slay_v &_o martyr_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n vi_o hundred_o lxxx_o and_o xii_o as_o testyfy_v antoninus_n in_o the_o vi_o chapyter_n of_o the_o â—iii_n title_n of_o the_o second_o part_n of_o his_o work_n call_v summa_fw-la antonini_n and_o as_o afferm_v the_o say_a antoninus_n &_o also_o the_o french_a cronycle_n the_o say_a pepyn_n receyve_v of_o the_o say_v alpayde_v a_o son_n who_o he_o name_v charlys_n which_o charlys_n be_v after_o surname_v marcellus_n &_o be_v right_n profitable_a to_o the_o realm_n of_o france_n as_o after_o shall_v appear_v of_o the_o foresay_a king_n chyldebert_n be_v nothing_o leave_v in_o write_v worthy_a memory_n except_o that_o he_o receyve_v of_o his_o wife_n a_o son_n name_v dagobert_n and_o keep_v the_o name_n of_o a_o king_n by_o y_z e_z term_n of_o xvii_o year_n as_o say_v the_o cronycle_n in_o french_a and_z than_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o abbey_n of_o caus_n in_o y_z e_z chyrch_n or_o chapel_n of_o saint_n stephan_n the_o 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