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negotiis_fw-la cum_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o caeteris_fw-la magnatibus_fw-la &_o proceribus_fw-la etc._n etc._n trataturi_fw-la vestrumque_fw-la consilium_fw-la impensuri_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o same_o be_v the_o 27_o of_o ed._n 1._o and_o almost_o in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o edw._n 2._o and_o from_o the_o 20_o to_o the_o 49th_o year_n of_o edw._n 3._o that_o which_o i_o infer_v from_o this_o be_v that_o either_o a_o writ_n of_o its_o self_n without_o the_o performance_n of_o other_o ceremony_n as_o investiture_n of_o robe_n &c._n &c._n can_v make_v a_o man_n noble_a or_o else_o the_o judge_n in_o those_o four_o king_n reign_v have_v the_o same_o mandamus_fw-la in_o their_o writ_n which_o the_o earl_n and_o baron_n have_v verbatim_o and_o the_o same_o in_o substance_n with_o the_o mandamus_fw-la to_o peer_n at_o this_o day_n be_v all_o ennobled_a and_o further_o there_o do_v frequent_o occur_v in_o ancient_a record_n and_o write_n a_o difference_n between_o barones_n majores_fw-la and_o 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