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iiiicxxiiij_fw-la saint_n demetryen_n iiiiciiij_fw-la saint_n rigoberte_fw-fr iiiicxxv_n saint_n laudry_n iiiicxxvi_n saint_n mellonyn_fw-mi iiiicxxvi_fw-fr saint_n yve_v iiiicxxvij_fw-la saint_n moraunt_a iiiicxxix_n saint_n allows_v of_o france_n iiijcxxxj_n saint_n allows_v bysshop_n iiticxxxij_fw-la saint_n audegonde_v iiiicxxxiij_fw-la saint_n aulbyne_n iiiicxxxiiij_fw-la thystorye_n of_o the_o mass_n iiiicxxxv_n the_o twelve_o artycle_n of_o the_o
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iiiicxxxiiij_fw-la artycles_n of_o the_o feythe_n iiiicxliij_fw-la basylle_n cxxij_o blaze_v cxxxiiij_o benette_n cxlvi_o barnaby_n clxxviij_o brother_n seven_o ccx_o beatryce_n ccxxix_o bernarde_n cclxiiij_o bartylmewe_n cclxix_o bryce_n ccclix_o bede_n ccclxxxxij_fw-la brandon_n ccclxxxxiij_fw-la balaam_n cccciiij_fw-la circuncisyon_n fyve_o corpus_n xpristy_a thirty_o commandment_n ten_o lx_o concepcyon_n of_o our_o lady_n lxxxxi_fw-la conuercyon_n of_o saint_n poule_z cxxvij_o cutberd_n cxlix_o crystyne_n ccxx_o crystofore_o ccxxiiij_o cyryake_v ccâ—â—â—â—_n cornelye_o &_o cypryan_a cclxxâ—â—â—â—â—_n cosme_n three_o hondr_v &_o three_o calyxte_v cccxxiâ—_n crysaunt_a cccxxâ—v_n cryspyn_n &_o cryspynyan_n cccxxxviij_o commemoration_n of_o all_o soul_n folio_n three_o hondr_v xlviij_o crown_v martes_fw-la four_o three_o hondr_v lv_o cecylye_n three_o hondr_v lxxviij_o clement_n three_o hondr_v lxxix_o dedication_n two_o &_o thirty_o davyd_v king_n lxviij_o dunston_n a_o hondr_v 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