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the_o name_n it_o seem_v deceive_v he_o an._n do._n 800._o see_v the_o seven_o book_n chap._n 31._o 〈◊〉_d l._n 5._o c._n 1_o fabian_n cap._n 158._o 2._o sam._n 13._o 1â—…_n 1â—…_n that_o be_v leather-brichs_a flores_n historiarum_fw-la murder_n will_v out_o rob._n fabian_n cap._n 169._o polycr_n li._n 5._o ca._n 3â—…_n abbas_n floriacensis_fw-la alcuinus_fw-la wil._n malmsb._n roger_n hove_v ran._n higden_n rob._n fabian_n blood_n revenge_v with_o blood_n henry_n hunt_n 〈◊〉_d angl._n 〈◊〉_d 15._o rand._n hic_fw-mi john_n stow._n flores_n bister_n some_o say_v forty_o eight_o thousand_o languet_fw-la say_v fifty_a an._n d._n 1017._o polychr_n li._n 6._o c._n 18._o fear_n make_v flatterer_n canutus_n ear_n and_o policy_n to_o 〈◊〉_d his_o crown_n book_n 7._o cap._n 44._o sect_n 20._o wil._n malm_n henry_n hunt_n 〈◊〉_d fabian_n canutus_n marry_v queen_n emma_n emma_n a_o very_a prudent_a lady_n matth._n west_n a_o parliament_n at_o oxford_n wil._n lambert_n canutus_n his_o godly_a law_n 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