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scotiae_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la rex_fw-la fidei_fw-la defensor_fw-la etc._n etc._n praedilecto_n &_o perquam_fw-la fideli_fw-la conciliario_n svo_fw-la edwardo_n domino_fw-la hide_v cancellario_fw-la svo_fw-la angliae_fw-la salutem_fw-la quia_fw-la de_fw-la advisamento_fw-la &_o assensu_fw-la concilii_fw-la nostri_fw-la pro_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la arduis_fw-la &_o urgentibus_fw-la negotiis_fw-la nos_fw-la statum_fw-la &_o defensionem_fw-la regni_fw-la nostri_fw-la angliae_fw-la &_o ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n concernentibus_fw-la quoddam_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la apud_fw-la civitatem_fw-la nostrum_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_v maii_n proximè_fw-la futuro_fw-la teneri_fw-la ordinavimus_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la voibscum_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la 〈…〉_o proceribus_fw-la dicti_fw-la phlegm_n nostri_fw-la 〈◊〉_d habere_fw-la &_o â—â—actatum_fw-la vobis_fw-la mandâ—â—â—â—_n firmitur_fw-la 〈…〉_o quod_fw-la 〈…〉_o aliis_fw-la praetermissis_fw-la 〈…〉_o personaliter_fw-la intersitis_fw-la nobiscum_fw-la ac_fw-la cum_fw-la caeteris_fw-la de_fw-la concisio_fw-la nostro_fw-la super_fw-la dictis_fw-la negotiis_fw-la tractatur_fw-la '_o vestrumque_fw-la consilium_fw-la impensur_n '_o &_o hoc_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la omittatis_fw-la testae_fw-la apud_fw-la westmonasterium_fw-la decimo_fw-la octavo_fw-la die_fw-la februarii_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svo_fw-la decimo_fw-la tertio_fw-la grimston_n sect_n ix_o observation_n on_o this_o writ_n first_o i_o shall_v show_v how_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o noble_n second_o how_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o writ_n to_o the_o other_o assistant_n first_o it_o differ_v from_o the_o writ_n to_o duke_n marquess_n earl_n viscount_n in_o these_o particular_n first_o to_o duke_n and_o marquess_n the_o writ_n be_v direct_v praecharissimo_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la to_o earl_n and_o viscount_n charissimo_fw-la consanguineo_fw-la to_o baron_n praedilecto_n &_o fideli_fw-la and_o to_o assistant_n 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