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quam_fw-la habui_fw-la in_o initio_fw-la parlamenti_fw-la regio_fw-la mandato_n typis_fw-la jam_fw-la excusam_fw-la in_o manus_fw-la serenissimi_fw-la regis_fw-la caroli_n dedi_fw-la vesperi_fw-la feb._n 27._o die_v lunae_n periculum_fw-la regis_fw-la caroli_n ab_fw-la equo_fw-la qui_fw-la fractis_fw-la duobus_fw-la ephippiorum_fw-la cingulis_fw-la &_o ephippio_fw-la unà _fw-la cum_fw-la sessore_fw-la in_o ventrem_fw-la devoluto_fw-la tremens_fw-la constitit_fw-la donec_fw-la rex_fw-la salvus_fw-la etc._n etc._n martij_fw-la 1._o dies_fw-la erat_fw-la mercurij_fw-la &_o festum_fw-la s._n davidis_fw-la clamour_v incaepit_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la inferiori_fw-la parlamenti_fw-la nominatim_fw-la contra_fw-la ducem_fw-la buckinghamiae_n ob_fw-la moratam_fw-la navim_fw-la dictam_fw-la the_o st._n peter_n of_o newhaven_n post_fw-la sententiam_fw-la latam_fw-la perpetuae_fw-la in_o domo_fw-la illâ_fw-la agitationes_fw-la erant_fw-la à _fw-la die_fw-la illo_fw-la martij_fw-la 6._o resignavi_fw-la 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