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tholl_n &_o theme_n infang-thief_n &_o outfangthief_n cum_fw-la servitiis_fw-la liberè_fw-la tenentium_fw-la earundem_fw-la terrarum_fw-la de_fw-la rowallane_n cum_fw-la curiis_fw-la &_o earum_fw-la exitibus_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la aliis_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la libertatibus_fw-la commoditatibus_fw-la asiamentis_fw-la ac_fw-la justis_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la tam_fw-la non_fw-la nominatis_fw-la quam_fw-la nominatis_fw-la tam_fw-la sub_fw-la terra_fw-la quamsupra_fw-la terram_fw-la prope_fw-la &_o procul_fw-la ad_fw-la dictas_fw-la terras_fw-la cum_fw-la pertinen_n speâ—â—antibus_fw-la seu_fw-la quovismodo_fw-la justâ—_n spectare_fw-la valentibus_fw-la in_o futurum_fw-la libere_fw-la quiet_a plenariè_fw-fr integre_n &_o honorifice_fw-la bene_fw-la &_o in_o pace_n faciendo_fw-la inde_fw-la nobis_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la dictus_fw-la adam_n &_o haeredes_fw-la svi_fw-la tres_fw-la sectas_fw-la ad_fw-la tria_fw-la placita_fw-la 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