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ordinationes_fw-la per_fw-la ipsos_fw-la factas_fw-la &_o per_fw-la nos_fw-la approbatas_fw-la ordinaverint_fw-la quod_fw-la 〈◊〉_d donationes_fw-la per_fw-la nos_fw-la factae_fw-la ad_fw-la damnum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la &_o detrimentum_fw-la coronae_fw-la nostrae_fw-la de_fw-la terris_fw-la tenementis_fw-la redditibus_fw-la custodiis_fw-la &_o maritagiis_fw-la ac_fw-la etiam_fw-la pardonationes_fw-la &_o remissiones_fw-la debitorum_fw-la post_fw-la 16._o diem_fw-la martii_fw-la an._n regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la tertio_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la personis_fw-la revocentur_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la terrae_fw-la tenementa_fw-la redditus_fw-la custodiae_fw-la &_o maritagia_fw-la praedicta_fw-la in_o manum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la resumantur_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la debita_fw-la illa_fw-la non_fw-la obstantibus_fw-la pardonitionibus_fw-la &_o remissionibus_fw-la praedictis_fw-la leventur_fw-la ad_fw-la opus_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandamus_fw-la quod_fw-la scrutatis_fw-la rotulis_fw-la &_o 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