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cap._n 43._o and_o the_o mirror_n of_o justice_n lib._n 2._o cap._n des_fw-fr peche_n criminel_n all_o suit_n le_fw-fr roye_n and_o yet_o he_o there_o make_v mention_n of_o a_o record_n allege_v which_o testify_v a_o judgement_n of_o life_n and_o member_n give_v in_o this_o case_n thegue_n see_v thanus_n and_o thingus_n them_o see_v team_n it_o signify_v acquietantiam_fw-la amerciamentorum_fw-la sequelae_fw-la propriorum_fw-la servorum_fw-la fleta_n lib._n prim_fw-la cap._n 47._o §_o theme_n thelonium_fw-la see_v tholle_a and_o tholonium_n and_o tolle_n theolonio_n rationabili_fw-la habendo_fw-la pro_fw-la dominis_n habentibus_fw-la dominica_n regis_fw-la ad_fw-la firmam_fw-la be_v a_o writ_n that_o lie_v for_o he_o that_o have_v of_o the_o king_n demesne_fw-la in_o fee_n ferme_fw-fr to_o recover_v reasonable_a tolle_fw-la of_o the_o king_n tenant_n there_o if_o that_o his_o demesn_a have_v be_v accustom_v to_o be_v toll_v register_n origin_n fol._n 87._o b._n thingus_n cromptons_n 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the_o make_v latin_a word_n theolonium_fw-la cassanaus_fw-la in_fw-la consuetud_fw-la burgund_n pag._n 118_o derive_v a_o