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〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o bear_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o burden_n hence_o have_v the_o latin_n their_o 16._o their_o lamprid._n in_o heliogabal_n ubi_fw-la &_o vide_fw-la isabella_n casaubon_n quin_fw-la &_o isidor_n origin_n 20._o cap._n 16._o sagmarij_fw-la equi_fw-la caballus_fw-la sagmarius_fw-la and_o mula_fw-la sagmaria_n and_o those_o of_o the_o late_a and_o more_o barbarous_a time_n turn_v it_o into_o summarius_fw-la and_o saumarius_fw-la from_o which_o sommage_n and_o brochia_fw-la and_o chart._n de_fw-fr forest_n artic_a 14._o videsis_n bracton_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 16._o §._o 6._o de_fw-fr uno_fw-la equo_fw-la &_o sacco_n cum_fw-la brochia_fw-la summagium_fw-la easy_o grow_v use_v also_o in_o our_o law_n after_o the_o norman_a conquest_n vavassor_n be_v in_o england_n and_o by_o that_o name_n mention_v in_o the_o law_n of_o henry_n 1._o and_o perhaps_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o feudall_a dignity_n betwixt_o baron_n and_o knight_n for_o 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