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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 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