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hook_n lib._n 5._o pag._n 263_o m._n curlus_fw-la non_fw-fr est_fw-fr opus_fw-la rcip_n eo_fw-la cive_z qui_fw-la parite_fw-la nesciret_fw-la val._n maxâ—_n lib._n 6._o cap._n 3._o nichols_n in_o the_o plea._n pag._n 145._o lin_n 12._o nichols_n pag._n 171._o lin._n 1.1_o tim._n 5._o confess_v heluet_n which_o be_v above_o 8000._o nichols_n plea._n pag._n 171._o lin._n 14._o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la 33._o &_o 13._o ann._n 52._o hen._n 3_o ansegisus_fw-la legum_fw-la francia_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 84._o anno._n 827._o anno._n 654._o concilij_fw-la tol._n 9_o cap._n 2._o novella_fw-la constit_fw-la 123._o cap._n 18_o omnia_fw-la ista_fw-la taâ—â—_n propitius_fw-la aspiciet_fw-la quam_fw-la aegros_fw-la suos_fw-la medice_fw-la sen._n lib._n 2._o de_fw-fr ira._n 1_o sam._n 30._o t._n c._n allow_v only_a reader_n pag._n 104._o sect_n 3_o some_o godly_a grave_a man_n which_o can_v do_v nothing_o else_o but_o read_v may_v be_v appoint_v to_o be_v reader_n in_o the_o church_n 1_o 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reddebát_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la quia_fw-la discesâ—it_fw-la devotio_fw-la deâ—accesâ—it_fw-la indictio_fw-la fiscal_v noluimus_fw-la partiri_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la decimas_fw-la modo_fw-la autem_fw-la totum_fw-la tollitur_fw-la aust._n homel_n 48_o cx_o lib._n 50._o homel_n â—error_fw-la fratri_fw-la cellorum_fw-la joh._n the_o turre_n cremat_fw-la lib_n 4._o pact_n 2._o cap._n 57_o samae_fw-la caiat_fw-la in_o 22._o quest_n 87._o numb_a 1.46_o numb_a 3.36_o survey_n pag._n 117._o m._n beza_n contr_n erast._n lib._n script_n t._n c._n lib._n 1._o pag._n 1â—7_n the_o humble_a motion_n the_o 2_o admonit_n pag._n 12._o the_o humble_a motion_n pag._n 40._o pag._n 97._o pag._n 98._o lin._n 3._o pag._n 103._o my_o l._n his_o grace_n of_o cant._n in_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o admonit_a pag_n 747._o psal._n 82_o 11_o 12_o 13._o vrbanâ—_n primâ—_n epist_n ad_fw-la omnes_fw-la episcopos_fw-la ef._n 56_o 10._o 11._o zachar._n 11._o 17._o ezech._n 34_o 2._o math._n 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pag._n 180._o ocatê°_n ad_fw-la scopum_fw-la intelligentia_fw-la distorun_v ex_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la assum_fw-la enda_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la sermoni_fw-la res_fw-la sed_fw-la rei_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la sermo_fw-la subiectis_fw-la hilar._n in_o lib._n 4._o de_fw-la trinit_fw-la 14_o waldenses_n &_o some_o of_o the_o cathari_n alph._n the_o castr_n lib._n 8_o haeres_fw-la juramentum_fw-la maâ—h_o 5._o quod_fw-la fit_a authoritate_fw-la superioris_fw-la non_fw-la fit_a contra_fw-la preceptum_fw-la arg._n l._n scio._n ff_n de_fw-fr minoribus_fw-la panormit_fw-la in_o c._n de_fw-fr multa_fw-la extr_n de_fw-fr preb._n ult._n notab_n answer_v to_o the_o abstaact_n pag._n 230._o my_o l._n his_o grace_n of_o cant._n in_o the_o defence_n of_o