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d._n 9_o annales_n de_fw-fr gestis_fw-la britcnum_n de._n an._n 1326._o convocatum_fw-la est_fw-la concilium_fw-la general_n etc._n etc._n etc._n in_o regem_fw-la angliae_fw-la est_fw-la sublimatus_fw-la sublimatus_fw-la stat._n 1._o e._n 3._o rastal_n rastal_n rot._n parl._n 50._o e._n 3._o 3._o begin_v his_o reign_n an._n 1377._o 1377._o knighton_n f._n 2683._o propinquiorem_fw-la aliquem_fw-la de_fw-la stir_v pe_z regid_a regid_a 23_o r._n 2._o 2._o rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 4._o n._n 16._o 16._o n._n 52._o 52._o rot._n serve_v die_v coron_n h._n 4._o 4._o rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 4._o 4._o rot._n parl._n 1_o h._n 4._o n._n 54._o so_o welsing_n welsing_n rot._n parl._n sup_v tpod._n neust_fw-fr f._n 156._o regnum_fw-la angliae_fw-la sic_fw-la vacans_fw-la vacans_fw-la vid._n the_o debate_n at_o large_a p._n 127._o 127._o walse_v sup_n &_o rot._n parl._n parl._n rot._n parl._n n._n 54._o jiden_fw-mi status_fw-la cum_fw-la tote_fw-la populo_fw-la absque_fw-la quacunque_fw-la 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