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confess_v my_o trespass_n against_o your_o majesty_n that_o i_o love_v m._n antonius_n my_o companion_n in_o league_n who_o be_v my_o neighbour_n &_o aid_v i_o and_o it_o be_v true_a that_o your_o majesty_n sense_n the_o time_n you_o make_v i_o king_n have_v herd_n of_o my_o affair_n that_o have_v happen_v unto_o i_o but_o never_o succour_v i_o this._n m_o antonius_n do_v not_o so_o i_o confess_v therefore_o that_o in_o his_o war_n against_o your_o majesty_n i_o aid_v he_o with_o a_o army_n with_o horseman_n &_o ship_n neither_o go_v i_o out_o with_o he_o for_o any_o war_n upon_o my_o own_o border_n but_o when_o so_o ever_o i_o go_v with_o he_o i_o help_v he_o to_o the_o uttermost_a of_o mi_fw-mi power_n when_o he_o be_v fall_v i_o bolsterd_v he_o up_o &_o when_o he_o stumble_v i_o raise_v he_o again_o among_o all_o these_o thing_n i_o confess_v also_o that_o i_o will_v not_o be_v count_v of_o your_o majesty_n a_o breaker_n of_o league_n but_o now_o m._n antonius_n be_v dead_a 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