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to_o be_v grievance_n herezelda_n herriot_n service_n or_o herriot_n which_o skene_n a_o author_n of_o great_a authority_n among_o the_o scot_n define_v to_o be_v hollandiciâ—_n gratuitae_fw-la donationes_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la husbando_fw-la seu_fw-la agricola_n datur_fw-la domino_fw-la svo_fw-la ratione_fw-la dominij_fw-la &_o reverentiae_fw-la the_o free_a gift_n or_o remuneration_n of_o the_o tenant_n to_o their_o lord_n in_o the_o reverence_n and_o respect_n which_o they_o bear_v unto_o they_o which_o the_o hollander_n those_o grand_a contester_n for_o liberty_n do_v call_v laudemia_n and_o notable_o increase_v their_o small_a revenue_n in_o land_n with_o they_o and_o in_o england_n say_v the_o learned_a spelman_n non_fw-la nisi_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la husbandi_fw-la solvitur_fw-la be_v only_a pay_v after_o the_o death_n of_o the_o tenant_n and_o differ_v from_o a_o relief_n for_o that_o a_o relief_n be_v in_o case_n of_o inheritance_n but_o a_o herriot_n in_o a_o 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ipsi_fw-la sanguini_fw-la coherent_a be_v inherent_a in_o the_o very_a blood_n of_o the_o tenant_n which_o be_v the_o most_o noble_a gentile_a rich_a and_o better_a sort_n of_o the_o people_n be_v when_o the_o pourveyance_n be_v in_o be_v the_o most_o fit_a and_o likely_a to_o be_v charge_v with_o the_o payment_n or_o contribution_n towards_o it_o and_o be_v therefore_o in_o several_a king_n reign_v sometime_o single_o and_o often_o charge_v with_o public_a aid_n or_o tax_n and_o very_o much_o more_o than_o other_o of_o the_o people_n as_o twenty_o shilling_n for_o every_o knight_n fee_n grant_v by_o parliament_n to_o king_n richard_n the_o first_o six_o and_o twenty_o shilling_n eight_o penny_n for_o every_o knight_n fee_n to_o king_n john_n and_o as_o much_o at_o another_o time_n to_o he_o towards_o his_o war_n in_o wales_n twenty_o shilling_n upon_o every_o knight_n fee_n towards_o his_o voyage_n into_o normandy_n and_o forty_o shilling_n at_o another_o time_n and_o as_o much_o 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bishopric_n do_v amount_v unto_o and_o at_o the_o same_o time_n do_v either_o not_o
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