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perform_v without_o it_o from_o injury_n and_o oppression_n 142._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fol._n 142._o rex_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la vicarius_fw-la summi_fw-la regis_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la constitutus_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la terrenum_fw-la &_o super_fw-la omne_fw-la sanctam_fw-la veneretur_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la regat_fw-la &_o ab_fw-la injuriosis_n defendat_fw-la etc_n vniversa_fw-la vero_fw-la terra_fw-la et_fw-la tota_fw-la et_fw-la insulae_fw-la omnes_fw-la usque_fw-la norwegiam_fw-la et_fw-la usque_fw-la daciam_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la coronam_fw-la regni_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la sunt_fw-la de_fw-fr appendicijs_fw-la et_fw-la dignitatibus_fw-la regis_fw-la et_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la monarchia_fw-la et_fw-la unum_fw-la est_fw-la regnum_fw-la et_fw-la vocabatur_fw-la quondam_a regnum_fw-la britanniae_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la voco_fw-la regnum_fw-la anglorum_fw-la i_o e._n the_o king_n because_o he_o be_v the_o vicar_n 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