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the_o pope_n make_v peace_n with_o he_o and_o restore_v unto_o he_o the_o city_n of_o benevento_n 1059._o and_o all_o other_o place_n that_o he_o have_v belong_v to_o the_o church_n for_o the_o which_o the_o pope_n not_o only_o receive_v he_o into_o grace_n and_o favour_n but_o confirm_v and_o invest_v he_o with_o the_o title_n of_o duke_n of_o puglia_n and_o calauria_n the_o which_o act_n be_v register_v and_o confirm_v with_o a_o solemn_a oath_n and_o so_o ruberto_n be_v now_o make_v a_o vassal_n and_o liegeman_n of_o the_o church_n sigonio_n write_v two_o act_n of_o the_o oath_n which_o ruberto_n at_o this_o present_a make_v to_o the_o pope_n calauria_n the_o one_o to_o pay_v the_o yearly_a tribute_n the_o other_o loyalty_n and_o homage_n the_o which_o two_o act_n i_o think_v good_a to_o insert_v in_o this_o place_n to_o the_o end_n the_o reader_n may_v know_v how_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n begin_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n the_o first_o be_v in_o this_o sort_n 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utroque_fw-la subveniente_fw-la futurus_fw-la siciliae_fw-la ab_fw-la hinc_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la fidelis_fw-la â—ro_fw-la s._n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la &_o apostolicae_fw-la sedi_fw-la &_o d._n meo_fw-la nicolao_n papae_fw-la oath_n neque_fw-la ero_fw-la auctor_fw-la aut_fw-la adjutor_fw-la ut_fw-la vitam_fw-la aut_fw-la membrum_fw-la amittas_fw-la aut_fw-la capiaris_fw-la mala_fw-la captione_n consilium_fw-la quod_fw-la mihi_fw-la credideris_fw-la &_o ne_fw-la enunciem_fw-la imperaris_fw-la non_fw-la enunciabo_fw-la in_o tuum_fw-la detrimentum_fw-la sciens_fw-la s._n romanae_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la ubique_fw-la adjutor_fw-la ero_fw-la ad_fw-la tenenda_fw-la &_o acquirenda_fw-la regalia_z s._n petri_n ejusque_fw-la possessiones_fw-la pro_fw-la viribus_fw-la meis_fw-la contra_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o adjuvabo_fw-la te_fw-la ut_fw-la securè_fw-la &_o honorifice_fw-la tenens_fw-la pontificatum_fw-la romanum_fw-la terramque_fw-la s._n petri_n et_fw-la principatum_fw-la nec_fw-la invadere_fw-la nec_fw-la subigere_fw-la tentabo_fw-la nec_fw-la praedari_fw-la contendam_fw-la sine_fw-la tua_fw-la tuorumque_fw-la successorum_fw-la licentia_fw-la pensionem_fw-la de_fw-la terra_fw-la s._n petri_n quam_fw-la ego_fw-la teneo_fw-la aut_fw-la tenebo_fw-la sicut_fw-la statutum_fw-la est_fw-la recta_fw-la fide_fw-la studebo_fw-la ut_fw-la
legiones_fw-la aragoniae_fw-la utriusque_fw-la siciliae_fw-la jerusalem_n vngariae_fw-la dalmatiae_fw-la croatiae_fw-la navarrae_n granatae_fw-la toleti_n valentiae_fw-la galitiae_fw-la majoricarum_fw-la hispalis_n sardiniae_n cordubae_n corcicae_fw-la murtiae_fw-la giennis_n algarbii_n alzezirae_fw-la gibraltaris_fw-la insularum_fw-la canariae_fw-la judiarum_fw-la et_fw-la terrae_fw-la firmae_fw-la maris_fw-la oceani_fw-la etc._n etc._n rex_fw-la archidux_fw-la austriae_fw-la dux_n burgundiae_fw-la lotharingiae_fw-la brabantiae_fw-la stiriae_fw-la corinthiae_n carniolae_n limburgiae_fw-la lucemburgiae_fw-la geldriae_n calabriae_fw-la athenarum_fw-la neopatriae_fw-la virtembergae_fw-la etc._n etc._n come_v flandriae_n habspurgi_n tirolis_fw-la barchmonae_fw-la archois_n et_fw-la burgundiae_fw-la come_v palatinus_n hannoniae_fw-la hollandiae_fw-la selandiaâ—_n ferretti_n kiburgi_n namurci_n rossilionis_fw-la ceritaniae_fw-la et_fw-la zutphaniae_fw-la etc._n etc._n lantgravius_n alsatiae_fw-la marchio_n burgoniae_fw-la oristani_n gotzani_fw-la et_fw-la sacri_fw-la romani_fw-la imperii_fw-la princeps_fw-la sueviae_n cathalaniae_fw-la asturiae_fw-la dominus_fw-la phrisiae_fw-la marchiae_n sclavonieae_fw-la portus_n naonis_n biscayae_fw-la molinae_fw-la salinarum_fw-la tripoli_n et_fw-fr mechliniae_n etc._n etc._n 27._o philippus_n d._n g._n catholicus_n defensor_fw-la fidei_fw-la hispaniarum_fw-la utriusque_fw-la siciliae_fw-la jerusalem_n portugalliae_fw-la vngariae_fw-la dalmatiae_fw-la croatiae_fw-la sardiniae_n corsicae_n majoricarum_fw-la insularum_fw-la canariae_fw-la orani_fw-la insularum_fw-la indiarum_fw-la terrae_fw-la firmae_fw-la et_fw-la maris_fw-la oceani_fw-la archidux_fw-la austriae_fw-la dux_n burgundiae_fw-la mediolani_n lotharingiae_fw-la brabantiae_fw-la limburgi_n lucemburgi_n geldâ—iae_fw-la calabriae_fw-la athenarum_fw-la et_fw-la neopatriae_fw-la marchio_n sacri_fw-la romani_fw-la imperii_fw-la oristaniâ—_n et_fw-fr gotiani_n comes_fw-la 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