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chapter_n be_v the_o viii_o in_o bromtons_n translation_n but_o the_o xi_o in_o the_o saxon_a copy_n be_v this_o volo_fw-la ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la praepositus_fw-la habeat_fw-la gemotum_fw-la a_o hundred_o court_n semper_fw-la ad_fw-la quatuor_fw-la hebdomadas_fw-la et_fw-la efficiat_a ut_fw-la omnis_fw-la homo_fw-la rectum_fw-la habeat_fw-la et_fw-la omne_fw-la placitum_fw-la capiat_fw-la terminum_fw-la quando_fw-la perveniat_fw-la ad_fw-la finem_fw-la siquis_fw-la hoc_fw-la excipiat_fw-la emendet_fw-la sicut_fw-la antè_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la king_n edward_z decease_a life_n aethelstan_n his_o elder_a 924._o son_n design_v by_o his_o father_n will_n to_o succeed_v he_o be_v
seculum_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la et_fw-la nemo_fw-la requiret_fw-la regem_fw-la pro_fw-la aliqua_fw-la causa_fw-la nisi_fw-la domi_fw-la negatur_fw-la ei_fw-la omne_fw-la dignum_fw-la recti_fw-la vel_fw-la rectum_fw-la impetrare_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr nulla_fw-la emendabili_fw-la re_fw-la foris_fw-la faciat_fw-la homo_fw-la plusquam_fw-la weram_fw-la svam_fw-la agreeable_a to_o our_o king_n coronation_n oath_n and_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la et_fw-la judex_fw-la qui_fw-la injustum_fw-la judicium_fw-la judicabit_fw-la alicui_fw-la det_fw-la regi_fw-la cxx_o s._n nisi_fw-la jurare_fw-la audeat_fw-la quod_fw-la rectius_fw-la judicare_fw-la nescivit_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la aliquem_fw-la injust_a superdicere_fw-la praesumat_fw-la unde_fw-la vita_fw-la vel_fw-la commodo_fw-la pejor_fw-la sit_fw-la linguae_fw-la suae_fw-la reus_fw-la erit_fw-la etc._n etc._n anno_fw-la 969._o there_o be_v 969._o a_o general_a council_n 966._o assemble_v at_o london_n by_o king_n edgar_n 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ejus_fw-la egenum_fw-la et_fw-la pauperem_fw-la à _fw-la deripientibus_fw-la eum_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la meae_fw-la sollicitudinis_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la ministris_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la necessaria_fw-la procurare_fw-la et_fw-la paci_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la quieti_fw-la consulere_fw-la de_fw-fr quorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la moribus_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la spectat_fw-la examen_fw-la si_fw-la vivunt_fw-la continenter_fw-la si_fw-la honest_a se_fw-la habent_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la foris_fw-la sunt_fw-la si_fw-la in_o divinis_fw-la officiis_fw-la solliciti_fw-la si_fw-la in_o docendo_fw-la populo_fw-la assidui_fw-la si_fw-la victu_fw-la sobrii_fw-la si_fw-la moderati_fw-la habituâ_n si_fw-la in_o judiciis_fw-la sunt_fw-la discreti_fw-la etc._n etc._n ego_fw-la constantini_n vos_fw-fr petri_n gladium_fw-la habetis_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la jungamus_fw-la dextras_fw-la gladium_fw-la gladio_fw-la copulemus_fw-la ut_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la iextra_fw-la castra_fw-la leprosi_fw-la ut_fw-la purgetur_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la ministrent_fw-la in_o templo_fw-la silij_fw-la levi_n etc._n etc._n after_o which_o direct_v his_o speech_n to_o dunstan_n aethelwald_n and_o oswald_n he_o conclude_v thus_o vobis_fw-la istud_fw-la committo_fw-la negotium_fw-la ut_fw-la episcopali_fw-la censura_fw-la et_fw-la authoritate_fw-la regius_fw-la turpiteriviventes_fw-la de_fw-la ecclesiis_fw-la ejiciamur_fw-la &_o ordinatè_fw-la viventes_fw-la introducantur_fw-la herupon_o there_o be_v a_o decree_n make_v in_o this_o general_n council_n that_o all_o canon_n priest_n deacon_n and_o subdeacon_n shall_v live_v chaste_o that_o be_v put_v away_o their_o lawful_a wife_n vow_v chastity_n and_o become_v 4._o monk_n or_o relinquish_v the_o church_n they_o then_o hold_v the_o execution_n whereof_o be_v commit_v to_o oswald_n and_o ethelwald_n who_o thereupon_o compel_v the_o clergy_n in_o worcester_n winchester_n and_o other_o church_n to_o become_v monk_n renuentes_fw-la verò_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la beneficio_fw-la spoliarunt_fw-la deprive_v those_o who_o refuse_v of_o all_o their_o benefice_n and_o put_v monk_n into_o they_o qui_fw-la novo_fw-la quidem_fw-la splendore_fw-la universam_fw-la insulam_fw-la illustrarunt_fw-la as_o our_o monkish_a writer_n record_v or_o rather_o novo_fw-la foetore_fw-la contaminarunt_fw-la as_o other_o write_v 868._o john_n bromton_n inform_v we_o that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o the_o nun_n of_o ely_n by_o inguar_n and_o hubba_n the_o secular_a priest_n enjoy_v that_o monastery_n one_o hundred_o year_n space_n who_o king_n edgar_n de_fw-fr concilio_n beati_fw-la 4._o dunstani_fw-la archiepiscopi_fw-la &_o dicti_fw-la etheâwaâdi_fw-la aâ_n mâgnatum_fw-la regni_fw-la in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n expulit_fw-la &_o fugavit_fw-la for_o their_o dishonest_a conversation_n bishop_n oswald_z have_v eject_v the_o marry_a secular_a priest_n out_o of_o his_o church_n at_o worcester_n and_o introduce_v monk_n in_o their_o place_n do_v this_o year_n 969._o as_o i_o conjecture_v from_o the_o premise_n not_o 964._o as_o sir_n henry_n sââlman_n compute_v it_o 158._o ãâã_d king_n ãâã_d by_o the_o counsel_n and_o assent_v of_o his_o prince_n noble_n and_o bishop_n most_o probable_o in_o the_o forementioned_a general_n council_n or_o that_o of_o london_n next_o ensue_v to_o ratify_v this_o their_o ejection_n and_o confirm_v the_o church_n of_o worcester_n with_o all_o the_o land_n good_n ecclesiastical_a &_o secular_a thing_n thereto_o 6_o belong_v to_o the_o monk_n of_o that_o church_n for_o ever_o free_a from_o all_o secular_a service_n and_o exaction_n hard_a or_o easy_a and_o from_o all_o fiscal_v duty_n great_a and_o small_a know_v or_o unknown_a as_o well_o of_o the_o king_n of_o prince_n as_o of_o their_o officer_n exceptis_fw-la arcis_fw-la &_o pontis_fw-la extructione_fw-la et_fw-la expeditione_n âdntra_fw-la hostem_fw-la and_o that_o by_o the_o special_a charter_n call_v oswald_n law_n subscribe_v by_o the_o king_n queen_n both_o the_o archbishop_n and_o 3_o duke_n anglic._n king_n edgar_z anno_fw-la 970._o or_o 971._o in_o the_o 12_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n hold_v another_o parliamentary_a council_n at_o 970._o london_n where_o himself_o his_o mother_n alfgina_fw-la prince_n edward_n his_o son_n kined_a king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n his_o admiral_n both_o the_o ahchbishop_n with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n and_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o great_a man_n of_o the_o realm_n be_v present_a by_o his_o charter_n make_v in_o and_o ratify_v by_o this_o council_n this_o king_n grant_v and_o confirm_v many_o and_o very_o magnificent_a privilege_n to_o the_o monastery_n of_o glastonbury_n communi_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la principumque_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la generali_fw-la assensu_fw-la pontificum_fw-la abbatum_fw-la dptimatumque_fw-la suorum_fw-la exempt_n the_o monastery_n and_o monk_n thereof_o not_o only_o from_o all_o episcopal_a jurisdiction_n but_o likewise_o all_o their_o land_n from_o all_o tribute_n and_o exchequer_n business_n for_o ever_o grant_v they_o socam_fw-la &_o sacam_fw-la &c._n &c._n toll_n &_o team_n italibere_fw-la et_fw-la quiet_a sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la habeo_fw-la in_o regno_fw-la meo_fw-la eandem_fw-la quoque_fw-la libertatem_fw-la &_o potestatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ego_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la mea_fw-la habeo_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o demittendo_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o puniendo_fw-la &_o in_o quibuslibet_fw-la omnino_fw-la negotiis_fw-la abbas_n &_o monachi_fw-la praefati_fw-la monasterii_fw-la in_o curia_fw-la sua_fw-la habeant_fw-la and_o which_o be_v a_o privilege_n beyond_o all_o precedent_n si_fw-mi autem_fw-la abbas_n vel_fw-la quilibet_fw-la monachus_n loci_fw-la illius_fw-la latronem_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la suspendium_fw-la vel_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la mortis_fw-la periculum_fw-la ducitnr_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la obvium_fw-la habuerit_fw-la potestatem_fw-la habeat_fw-la eriâiendi_fw-la eum_fw-la ab_fw-la imminen_n i_fw-it periculo_fw-la in_o toto_fw-la regno_fw-la meo_fw-la the_o old_a charter_n begin_v thus_o in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la jesus_n christi_fw-la qnamvis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pontificum_fw-la &_o verba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la inconvulsis_fw-la ligaminibus_fw-la velut_fw-la fundamenta_fw-la montium_fw-la fixa_fw-la sunt_fw-la tamen_fw-la plerumque_fw-la tempestatibus_fw-la &_o turbinibus_fw-la saecularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la religio_fw-la sanctae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la reproborum_fw-la dissipatur_fw-la ac_fw-la âunâitur_fw-la âccirco_fw-mi profuââ_n unââuccedenâibus_fw-la posteris_fw-la esse_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la salubri_fw-la consilio_fw-la et_fw-la communi_fw-la assensu_fw-la definiuntur_fw-la nostris_fw-la literis_fw-la roborata_fw-la firmentur_fw-la etc._n etc._n hoc_fw-la itaque_fw-la dunstano_fw-la doroberniensi_fw-la atque_fw-la oswaldo_n eboracensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la adhortantibus_fw-la consentiente_fw-la etiam_fw-la er_fw-mi annuente_fw-la brithelmo_n fontanensi_fw-la episcopo_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la episcopis_fw-la 10._o abbatibus_fw-la et_fw-la primatibus_fw-la ego_fw-la eagar_n divina_fw-la dispositione_n rex_fw-la anglorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o it_o conclude_v thus_o acta_fw-la est_fw-la haec_fw-la privilegii_fw-la pagina_fw-la &_o confirmata_fw-la apud_fw-la londonium_n communi_fw-la concilio_n amnium_fw-la primatum_fw-la meorum_fw-la then_o follow_v the_o subscription_n of_o king_n egar_n alfgina_fw-la his_o mother_n prince_z edward_z kindred_n king_n of_o scot_n mascusius_n the_o chief_a admiral_n both_o the_o archbishop_n 6_o bishop_n 8_o abbot_n 3_o duke_n and_o other_o officer_n which_o charter_n and_o privilege_n at_o the_o king_n request_n be_v ratify_v by_o pope_n john_n the_o 13_o in_o a_o general_a council_n at_o rome_n anno_fw-la dom._n 971._o by_o a_o special_a bull_n that_o they_o may_v remain_v inviolable_a yet_o both_o the_o abbey_n itself_o land_n privilege_n be_v long_o since_o demolish_v dissipate_v annihilate_v such_o be_v the_o mutabiliunity_n of_o all_o
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the_o dane_n anno_fw-la 1007._o cum_fw-la consilio_fw-la primatum_fw-la suorum_fw-la as_o florentius_n wigorniensis_n simeon_n dunelmensis_n polychronicon_n and_o other_o express_v it_o by_o the_o counsel_n of_o his_o noble_n send_v messenger_n to_o the_o dane_n command_v they_o to_o tell_v they_o quod_fw-la sumptus_fw-la 9_o et_fw-la tributum_fw-la illis_fw-la dare_v vellent_fw-la that_o they_o will_v give_v they_o cost_v and_o tribute_n upon_o this_o condition_n that_o they_o shall_v desist_v from_o napine_n and_o hold_v a_o firm_a peace_n with_o they_o to_o which_o request_n they_o consent_v and_o from_o that_o time_n cost_v be_v give_v they_o and_o a_o tribute_n pay_v they_o of_o thirty_o six_o thousand_o pound_n out_o of_o all_o england_n 360._o henry_n humindon_n &_o bromton_n thus_o relate_v the_o business_n rex_fw-la et_fw-la senatus_n anglorum_fw-la dubâi_fw-la quid_fw-la agerent_fw-la quid_fw-la omitterent_fw-la communi_fw-la deliberatione_n gravem_fw-la conventionem_fw-la 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the_o thing_n of_o god_n and_o the_o church_n in_o the_o first_o place_n which_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o sir_n henry_n spelman_n some_o law_n where_o of_o i_o shall_v here_o transcribe_v be_v very_o pertinent_a to_o my_o subject_n cap._n 5._o sapientes_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la leges_fw-la quique_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la aequas_fw-la statuant_fw-la et_fw-la tueantur_fw-la 5._o iniquas_fw-la autem_fw-la omnino_fw-la deleant_fw-la justitiam_fw-la pauperi_fw-la atque_fw-la diviti_fw-la pari_fw-la exhibentes_fw-la lance_n et_fw-la pacem_fw-la insuper_fw-la et_fw-la concordiam_fw-la piè_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la retinentes_fw-la cap._n 6._o sapientes_fw-la etiam_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la nemo_fw-la christianum_fw-la et_fw-la insontem_fw-la pretio_fw-la tradat_fw-la extra_fw-la patriam_fw-la praesertim_fw-la in_o pagani_n alicujus_fw-la servitium_fw-la cap._n 7._o sapientes_fw-la etiam_fw-la decernunt_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la delicto_fw-la modico_fw-la nemo_fw-la christianum_fw-la morti_fw-la adjudicet_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o misericordia_fw-la potius_fw-la leges_fw-la administret_fw-la ad_fw-la utilitatem_fw-la populi_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la pro_fw-la modico_fw-la eum_fw-la perdat_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la manuum_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la mercimonium_fw-la ejus_fw-la magno_fw-la comparatum_fw-la pretio_fw-la de_fw-fr quolibet_fw-la autem_fw-la crimine_fw-la acuratius_fw-la decernito_fw-la sententiam_fw-la praebens_fw-la juxta_fw-la factum_fw-la mercedem_fw-la juxta_fw-la meritum_fw-la ita_fw-la scilicet_fw-la ut_fw-la secundum_fw-la divinam_fw-la clementiam_fw-la levis_fw-la sit_fw-la poena_fw-la et_fw-la secund_a um_o humanam_fw-la fragilitatem_fw-la tolerabilis_fw-la cap._n 9_o nemo_fw-la dehinc_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la servitium_fw-la imponat_fw-la nec_fw-la clientelam_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la injuriis_fw-la afficiat_fw-la nec_fw-la ministrum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ãâ¦ã_z episcopo_fw-la cap._n 21._o verba_fw-la et_fw-la opera_fw-la rectè_fw-la cuique_fw-la disponaâ_n et_fw-la jusjurandum_fw-la pactamque_fw-la fidem_fw-la cautè_fw-la toneas_fw-la omnem_fw-la etiam_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la è_fw-la patriae_fw-la finibus_fw-la quâ_fw-la poterit_fw-la industriâ_fw-la cuique_fw-la ejiciat_fw-la et_fw-la perjuria_fw-la formidanda_fw-la cap._n 22._o urbium_fw-la oppidorum_fw-la arcium_fw-la atque_fw-la pontium_fw-la instauratio_fw-la sedulo_fw-la fiat_fw-la prout_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la restaurentur_fw-la renoventur_fw-la vallis_fw-la et_fw-la fossis_fw-la muniantur_fw-la et_fw-la circumvallentur_fw-la militaris_fw-la etiam_fw-la et_fw-la navalis_fw-la profectio_fw-la uti_fw-la imperatum_fw-la est_fw-la ob_fw-la universalem_fw-la utique_fw-la 9_o necessitatem_fw-la cap._n 23._o de_fw-fr navali_fw-la expeditione_n sub_fw-la paschate_n cavendum_fw-la etiam_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la celerius_fw-la post_fw-la paschatis_fw-la festum_fw-la navalis_fw-la expeditio_fw-la annuo_fw-la sit_fw-la parata_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la navem_fw-la in_o reipublicae_fw-la expeditionem_fw-la designatum_fw-la vitiaverit_fw-la damnum_fw-la integrè_fw-la restituito_fw-la et_fw-la pacem_fw-la regis_fw-la violatam_fw-la compensato_fw-la si_fw-mi verò_fw-la eam_fw-la ita_fw-la prorsus_fw-la corruperit_fw-la ut_fw-la deinceps_fw-la nihili_fw-la habeatur_fw-la plenam_fw-la luito_fw-la injuriam_fw-la et_fw-la laesam_fw-la praeterea_fw-la majestatem_fw-la so_o one_o translation_n out_o of_o the_o saxon_a copy_n read_v it_o but_o another_o thus_o nave_n per_fw-la singulos_fw-la annos_fw-la ob_fw-la patriae_fw-la defensionem_fw-la et_fw-la munitionem_fw-la praeparentur_fw-la poâique_fw-la sacrosanctum_fw-la pascha_fw-la cum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la ut_fw-la ensilibus_fw-la competentibus_fw-la simul_fw-la congregentur_fw-la qua_fw-la etiam_fw-la poena_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la navium_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la in_o aliquibus_fw-la perficiunt_fw-la notum_fw-la cunctis_fw-la esse_fw-la cupimus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la aliquam_fw-la ex_fw-la navibus_fw-la per_fw-la quampiam_fw-la inertiam_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la incuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la negligentiam_fw-la corruperit_fw-la et_fw-la tamen_fw-la recuperabilis_fw-la sit_fw-la be_v navis_fw-la corruptelam_fw-la vel_fw-la fracturam_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la per_fw-la solidam_fw-la prius_fw-la recuperet_fw-la regique_fw-la deinde_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la pro_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la munitionis_fw-la fractura_fw-la sibimet_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ritè_fw-la persolvat_fw-la cap._n 24._o de_fw-fr militiam_fw-la dotractante_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la de_fw-fr profectione_n militari_fw-la cui_fw-la rex_fw-la intererit_fw-la sine_fw-la licentia_fw-la se_fw-la substraxerit_fw-la in_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la currat_fw-la omnium_fw-la fortunarum_fw-la these_o three_o last_o law_n most_o clear_o demonstrate_v that_o the_o militia_n and_o military_a affair_n of_o this_o age_n with_o all_o their_o provision_n of_o arm_n ship_n for_o defence_n of_o the_o realm_n by_o land_n and_o sea_n against_o the_o invade_a dane_n and_o other_o enemy_n with_o their_o military_a law_n and_o all_o other_o apurtenance_n thereto_o belong_v be_v order_v and_o settle_v in_o their_o general_n council_n by_o common_a consent_n cap._n 26._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la regis_fw-la insidiabitur_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la dispendio_fw-la et_fw-la quas_fw-la habet_fw-la rebus_fw-la omnibus_fw-la poenas_fw-la â_o luito_fw-la sin_n negaverit_fw-la et_fw-la purgatione_fw-la qua_fw-la licuerit_fw-la expetierit_fw-la solemniori_fw-la eam_fw-la faciat_fw-la juramento_fw-la vel_fw-la ordalio_n triplici_fw-la juxta_fw-la legem_fw-la anglorum_fw-la et_fw-la in_o danorum_fw-la lege_fw-la prout_fw-la ipsa_fw-la statuit_fw-la cap._n 27._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la christi_fw-la legibus_fw-la sive_fw-la regis_fw-la se_fw-la nefariè_fw-la opposuerit_fw-la capitis_fw-la plectitor_n aestimatione_fw-la vel_fw-la mulctâ_fw-la aliâ_fw-la pro_fw-la delicti_fw-la qualitate_fw-la et_fw-fr si_fw-fr be_v contrarius_fw-la rebellare_fw-la armis_fw-la nititur_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la occiditur_fw-la inultus_fw-la jac_fw-la eat_v cap._n 29._o scrutari_fw-la oportet_fw-la diligentius_fw-la unumquemque_fw-la 5._o modis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la
quonam_fw-la pacto_fw-la illud_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la efferatur_fw-la consilium_fw-la quod_fw-la populo_fw-la habeat_fw-la utilissimum_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la recta_fw-la christi_fw-la reâigio_fw-la maxim_n provehatur_fw-la injustumque_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la funditus_fw-la extirpetur_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o rem_fw-la fuerint_fw-la totius_fw-la patriae_fw-la ut_fw-la injustitia_fw-la conculcetur_fw-la et_fw-la justitia_fw-la coram_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la hominibus_fw-la diligatur_fw-la cap._n 32._o ut_fw-la quisquis_fw-la fuerit_fw-la potentior_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la vel_fw-la per_fw-la scelera_fw-la evectus_fw-la in_o altiorem_fw-la gradum_fw-la ita_fw-la gravius_fw-la emendabit_fw-la peccata_fw-la sua_fw-la et_fw-la pro_fw-la singulis_fw-la malefactis_fw-la poenas_fw-la luet_fw-la graviores_fw-la haec_fw-la itaque_fw-la legalia_fw-la statuta_fw-la vel_fw-la decreta_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la conventu_fw-la synodali_n à _fw-la rege_fw-la nostro_fw-la 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