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the_o clergy_n and_o three_o entire_a subsidy_n and_o three_o fifteenth_n and_o ten_o and_o three_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o pound_n for_o subsidy_n unpaid_a to_o queen_n elizabeth_n anno_fw-la 7._o a_o aid_n to_o make_v his_o son_n prince_n henry_n a_o knight_n anno_fw-la 18._o two_o subsidy_n of_o the_o laity_n and_o three_o of_o the_o crergy_n anno_fw-la 21._o three_o subsidy_n and_o three_o fifteen_o of_o the_o temporalty_n and_o some_o subsidy_n of_o the_o clergy_n primo_fw-la car._n primi_fw-la three_o entire_a subside_n by_o the_o spiritualty_n 3._o car._n five_o entire_a subsidy_n grant_v by_o the_o spiritualty_n and_o as_o many_o by_o the_o temporalty_n great_a sum_n of_o money_n raise_v by_o ship-money_n and_o by_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o poll-money_n pawn_v all_o his_o jewel_n and_o the_o benefit_n for_o some_o year_n of_o coinage_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o pound_n of_o spanish_a bullion_n and_o return_v the_o value_n in_o english_a commodity_n 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