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folk_n they_o hold_v as_o suspect_v ¶_o the_o year_n of_o criste_n v._o hundred_o &_o xv_o when_o anastasius_n be_v emperor_n boetius_fw-la this_o same_o of_o who_o i_o mean_n in_o rome_n he_o be_v a_o noble_a cenatour_n but_o in_o manner_n as_o a_o conqueror_n theodoricus_n regn_v in_o italy_n and_o rome_n he_o hold_v as_o king_n and_o governor_n he_o have_v it_o win_v by_o conquest_n in_o batayle_n ¶_o for_o anastasius_n be_v not_o leke_a ne_n not_o so_o strong_a of_o many_o at_o lest_o he_o consent_v that_o theodoryke_n shall_v regne_fw-la in_fw-la rome_n &_o hold_v it_o at_o his_o hest_n and_o he_o will_v hold_v himself_o in_o the_o este_fw-la he_o say_v hyt_n be_v accord_v to_o his_o heel_n and_o for_o his_o ease_n in_o sothe_o he_o thougth_n it_o best_a for_o romayn_v be_v full_o perylous_a with_o to_o deal_n ¶_o
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