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the_o last_o of_o march_n 1605._o eaque_fw-la fuit_fw-la causa_fw-la detentionis_fw-la predict_v johannis_n in_o prisona_fw-la predict_v quia_fw-la committitur_fw-la marr._n etc._n etc._n et_fw-la postea_fw-la traditus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_o ballium_fw-la prout_fw-la patet_fw-la per_fw-la scruâ—t_fw-la finium_fw-la istius_fw-la termini_fw-la ball._n marr._n ball._n de_fw-fr termino_fw-la sancti_fw-la michaelis_fw-la anno_fw-la 12_o jacobi_fw-la regis_fw-la rot._n 119._o prison_n de_fw-fr le_fw-fr gatehouse_n sci_fw-la milo_n raynor_n per_fw-la aquilaâ—_n wykes_n custod_a prisonae_fw-la predict_v virtute_fw-la brevis_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la de_fw-la habeas_fw-la corpus_fw-la ad_fw-la subjiciendum_fw-la etc._n etc._n coram_fw-la domino_fw-la rege_fw-la dust_z cum_fw-la causa_fw-la viz._n quod_fw-la ante_fw-la adventum_fw-la brevis_fw-la predict_v scilicet_fw-la decimo_fw-la die_v junii_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1613._o predict_v milo_n raynor_n commissus_fw-la fuit_fw-la 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