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rodolpho_n but_o in_o the_o fight_n it_o chance_v that_o rodolphus_n lose_v his_o right_a hand_n and_o fall_v sick_a upon_o it_o he_o call_v for_o it_o and_o say_v spectate_v hanc_fw-la dextram_fw-la legitima_fw-la â—upplicia_fw-la expendentem_fw-la quae_fw-la fidem_fw-la sacramento_fw-la munitam_fw-la &_o henrico_n domino_fw-la meo_fw-la datam_fw-la vobis_fw-la urgentibus_fw-la praeter_fw-la aequum_fw-la &_o â—us_fw-la temere_fw-la violavit_fw-la behold_v this_o right_a â—and_n with_o which_o i_o subscribe_v to_o the_o emperor_n with_o which_o i_o have_v violate_v my_o â—ath_n and_o therefore_o i_o be_o right_o punish_v i_o will_v not_o trouble_v you_o in_o relaâ—ing_v the_o gallant_a story_n of_o regulus_n that_o those_o rather_o to_o expose_v himself_o to_o a_o cruel_a death_n then_o to_o falsify_v his_o oath_n to_o the_o carthaginian_n the_o sum_n of_o all_o be_v if_o it_o be_v such_o a_o cry_a abomination_n to_o break_v covenant_n between_o man_n and_o man_n and_o if_o â—uch_v 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