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reddendi_fw-la the_o manner_n of_o render_v to_o our_o prince_n his_o due_n â—odoâ—reddendi_fw-la 2_o branch_n
in_o the_o multitude_n of_o counsellor_n there_o be_v safetic_a prov._n 11.14_o every_o purpose_n be_v establish_v by_o counsel_n and_o with_o good_a advice_n make_v war_n prov._n 30.18_o moses_n have_v jethro_n and_o aaron_n joshua_n the_o son_n of_o nun_n his_o successor_n caleb_n and_o eleazar_n the_o high_a priest_n for_o his_o privy_a counsellor_n david_n have_v his_o succession_n of_o counsellor_n samuel_n the_o prophet_n jonathan_n who_o love_n to_o he_o be_v wonderful_a abiathar_n the_o priest_n and_o nathan_n also_o a_o prophet_n with_o many_o other_o to_o return_v to_o our_o own_o nation_n king_n ine_fw-mi have_v his_o cinredus_n who_o he_o call_v his_o father_n hedda_n and_o erkenwald_n his_o bishop_n with_o many_o other_o alfred_n have_v his_o plegmund_n archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n werefridus_n bishop_n of_o worcester_n and_o other_o athelstane_n edict_v his_o law_n exit_fw-la prudenti_fw-la vlfhelmae_n archiepiscopi_fw-la aliorumque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la 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