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it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d he_o be_v translate_v to_o saint_n 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o year_n 1389._o 52._o john_n 〈◊〉_d or_o trefrant_n a_o cannon_n of_o saint_n 〈◊〉_d one_o of_o the_o auditor_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d in_o rome_n become_v bishop_n of_o hereford_n the_o year_n 1389._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 1400._o he_o be_v send_v ambassador_n to_o rome_n to_o inform_v the_o pope_n of_o the_o title_n of_o 〈◊〉_d henry_n the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d the_o crown_n he_o sit_v bishop_n about_o 〈◊〉_d year_n and_o a_o 〈◊〉_d die_v 1404._o and_o lie_v bury_v 〈◊〉_d the_o south_n wall_n of_o the_o south_n across_o 〈◊〉_d where_o we_o see_v a_o fair_a and_o costly_a monument_n erect_v for_o he_o 53._o robert_n mascall_n be_v yet_o very_o young_a become_v a_o 〈◊〉_d carmelite_n at_o ludlow_n after_o that_o he_o go_v to_o oxford_n where_o he_o so_o 〈◊〉_d in_o learning_n and_o other_o virtue_n as_o he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o all_o 〈◊〉_d king_n henry_n the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d choice_n of_o he_o for_o his_o confessor_n 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〈◊〉_d bene_fw-la sedem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mors_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d trux_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anno_fw-la m._n c._n 〈◊〉_d l._n x._o 〈◊〉_d bino_fw-la 〈◊〉_d his_o 〈◊〉_d in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d qui_fw-la legis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d benigna_fw-la ut_fw-la sint_fw-la absque_fw-la mora_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sibigaudia_fw-la digna_fw-la 60._o thomas_n mylling_a be_v yet_o very_o young_a become_v a_o 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o then_o go_v to_o oxford_n where_o he_o 〈◊〉_d till_o he_o become_v doctor_n of_o divinity_n have_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n attain_a good_a knowledge_n in_o the_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d which_o in_o those_o day_n be_v geason_a return_v then_o to_o westminster_n he_o be_v make_v abbot_n there_o and_o short_o after_o 〈◊〉_d unto_o the_o bishopric_n of_o hereford_n by_o king_n edward_n the_o four_o under_o who_o he_o be_v of_o the_o privy_a counsel_n and_o be_v godfather_n unto_o prince_n edward_n his_o elder_a son_n he_o die_v 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