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the_o follow_a record_n will_v manifest_v the_o truth_n therein_o altitonantis_fw-la dei_fw-la largiflua_fw-la clementia_n qui_fw-la est_fw-la rex_fw-la regum_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la dominantium_fw-la ego_fw-la edgarus_n anglorum_fw-la basileus_n omniumque_fw-la rerum_fw-la insularum_fw-la oceani_fw-la qui_fw-la britanniam_fw-la circumjacent_a cunctarumque_fw-la nationum_fw-la quae_fw-la infra_fw-la eam_fw-la includuntur_fw-la imperator_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la gratias_fw-la ago_o ipsi_fw-la deo_fw-la omnipotenti_fw-la regi_fw-la meo_fw-la qui_fw-la meum_fw-la imperium_fw-la sic_fw-la ampliavit_fw-la &_o exaltavit_fw-la super_fw-la regnum_fw-la patrum_fw-la meorum_fw-la qui_fw-la licet_fw-la monarchiam_fw-la totius_fw-la angliae_fw-la adepti_fw-la sunt_fw-la à _fw-la tempore_fw-la athelstani_fw-la qui_fw-la primus_fw-la regum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la omnes_fw-la nationes_fw-la quae_fw-la britanniam_fw-la incolunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la armis_fw-la subegit_fw-la nullus_fw-la tamen_fw-la 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