homagio_fw-la &_o ligeancia_fw-la quibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la tenemini_fw-la be_v peculiar_a to_o the_o temporal_a lord_n but_o that_o in_o fide_fw-la &_o dilectione_n be_v not_o so_o peculiar_a to_o the_o ecclesiastical_a lord_n but_o be_v insert_v into_o the_o lay_v lord_n writ_n sometime_o the_o reason_n why_o archbishop_n bishop_n dean_n parson_n prebend_n and_o other_o ecclesiastic_a body_n politic_a when_o they_o do_v homage_n say_v 86._o say_v littleton_n cap._n de_fw-fr homagio_fw-la â—ect_n 86._o littleton_n do_v not_o say_v jeo_n deveign_v vostre_fw-fr home_n i_o become_v your_o man_n from_o whence_o homagium_fw-la or_o hominium_fw-la comes_fw-la be_v dieu_fw-fr be_v par_fw-fr estre_fw-fr tant_fw-fr solement_n le_fw-fr home_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr because_o he_o be_v sole_o the_o homager_n of_o god_n and_o so_o glanvil_n lib._n 9_o c._n 1_o 2._o bracton_n fol._n 78._o f._n britton_n c._n 68_o lesta_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 16._o resolve_v that_o no_o man_n â—idelitatâ—m_fw-la 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