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to_o do_v to_o their_o noble_a prince_n wherefore_o thyrde_o in_o my_o name_n and_o in_o all_o our_o name_n for_o all_o they_o be_v rebuke_v in_o i_o with_o all_o méekenes_n &_o reverence_n i_o béeseche_v your_o grace_n of_o gracious_a audience_n and_o of_o favourable_a justice_n this_o thing_n i_o trust_v your_o grace_n will_v not_o deny_v i_o nor_o yet_o take_v any_o displeasure_n with_o i_o your_o poor_a subject_n for_o thus_o require_v for_o i_o have_v none_o other_o prince_n nor_o lord_n to_o seek_v unto_o here_o on_o earth_n but_o unto_o your_o grace_n only_o nor_o can_v i_o come_v to_o any_o charitable_a end_n with_o my_o adversary_n wherefore_o i_o be_o compel_v by_o extreme_a violence_n thus_o to_o complain_v
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