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domini_fw-la 1172_o fundata_fw-la fuit_fw-la abbatia_fw-la de_fw-la stanlaw_n per_fw-la dominum_fw-la johannem_fw-la lacie_n constabularium_fw-la cestriae_fw-la &_o dominum_fw-la de_fw-la halton_n 1173._o qui_fw-la obijt_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la sancta_fw-la anno_fw-la sequenti_fw-la qui_fw-la fuit_fw-la vicessimus_fw-la annus_fw-la regni_fw-la regis_fw-la henrici_fw-la secundi_fw-la ¶_o the_o same_o in_o english_a in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1172_o be_v found_v the_o abbey_n of_o stanlaw_n by_o the_o lord_n john_n lacie_n constable_n of_o chester_n &_o lord_n of_o halton_n who_o decease_v in_o the_o holy_a land_n the_o year_n follow_v which_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o king_n henry_n the_o second_o the_o voyage_n of_o william_n mandevile_n to_o jerusalem_n william_n mandevile_n earl_n of_o essex_n with_o diverse_a english_a lord_n and_o knight_n go_v to_o the_o holy_a land_n in_o the_o 24_o year_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o holinshed_n pag._n 101._o 1177._o english_a man_n be_v the_o guard_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o john_n the_o son_n of_o alexius_n comnenus_n malmesburiensis_fw-la curopolata_n and_o camden_n pag._n 96._o iaminde_v anglia_fw-it non_fw-it minus_fw-la belli_fw-la gloria_fw-la quà m_fw-la humanitatis_fw-la cultu_fw-la inter_fw-la florentissimas_fw-la orbis_fw-la christiani_n gentes_fw-la inprimis_fw-la floruit_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la custodiam_fw-la corporis_fw-la constantinopolitanorum_n imperatorum_fw-la evocati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la angli_fw-la joannes_n enim_fw-la alexij_fw-la comneni_fw-la filius_fw-la ut_fw-la refert_fw-la noster_fw-la malmesburiensis_fw-la eorum_fw-la fidem_fw-la suspiciens_fw-la praecipue_fw-la familiaritati_fw-la suae_fw-la applicabat_fw-la amorem_fw-la eorum_fw-la filio_fw-la transcribens_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la iam_fw-la inde_fw-la longo_fw-la tempore_fw-la fuerint_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la illorum_fw-la satellite_n inglini_n bipenniferi_fw-la nicetae_n choniatae_n barangi_n curopolatae_fw-la dicti_fw-la qui_fw-la ubique_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la prosequebantur_fw-la ferentes_fw-la humetis_fw-la secure_v quas_fw-la tollebant_fw-la cum_fw-la imperator_fw-la ex_fw-la oratorio_fw-la spectandum_fw-la se_fw-la exhibebat_fw-la anglicè_fw-la vitam_fw-la diuturnam_fw-la secure_v svas_fw-la collidentes_fw-la ut_fw-la sonitum_fw-la ederent_fw-la comprecabantur_fw-la the_o same_o in_o english_a from_o this_o time_n forward_o the_o kingdom_n of_o england_n be_v repute_v among_o the_o most_o flourish_a estate_n of_o christendom_n no_o less_o in_o chivalry_n then_o humanity_n so_o farforth_o that_o the_o english_a man_n be_v send_v for_o to_o be_v the_o guarder_n of_o the_o person_n of_o the_o emperor_n of_o constantinople_n for_o john_n the_o son_n of_o alexius_n comnenus_n as_o our_o countryman_n william_n of_o malmesburie_n report_v high_o esteem_v their_o fidelity_n use_v they_o very_o never_o about_o he_o recommend_v they_o over_o to_o his_o 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