Fragment from a cartulary : [manuscript]

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  Statutes : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-6v: [Magna Carta with rubric, "Incipiunt provisiones de Ronnemede scilicet carta Regis Iohannis," 17 John] f. 7r-v: [Expositio vocabulorum; list of 34 Old English legal terms and their French meanings]. Rubric: Exposiciones verborum antiquorum anglicorum. Incipit: Munthbreche, Trepas vers seignur; Burgbreche, Quite de forfeture de Citee depescer ... Explicit: Danegeld, Estre quit de doner ou ayder al tribut ke les Roys de Engleterre soleient doner a Danays e al Roy de Danemarche. ff. 8-23v, 24v-35v, 37-87v: [Statuta vetera] ff. 23v-24v: [Chapters of the Regard]: Rubric: Capitula foreste. Incipit: Videnda sunt assarta facta in foresta post principium secundi anni prime Coronationis domini Henrici Regis Tercii ... Explicit: vel aliquod ingenium aliud ad malefaciendum domino Regi de feris suis. f. 36-36v: [Chapters on Frankpledge, added in 15th c.]: Incipit: Hec sunt capitula que inqueri debent a capitalis franci plegii in singulis locis Anglie ubi homines sunt in decena scilicet bis per annum in festo sancti Michaelis et Pasche. Et de hoc etiam primo iuratus iurare quod verum dicet de capitalis que ab eo exiguntur ex parte domini Regis et quod pro nullo dimittet quando verum dicet. Si omnes libere tenentes [?] summoniti fuerint. Explicit: Si aliqua via vel legalis Semita sit obstructa vel consternata vel levata contra libertatem domini et quis est ille qui hoc fecit. [f. 36v blank].

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  Statutes of the Archdeaconry of London : [manuscript]

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  f. 1r-v blank; ff. 2-10v. Statutes of the Archdeaconry of London. Incipit: Cupientes maliciis hominum obviare. Explicit: sub pena excommunicacionis maioris contra omnes et singulos contravenientes perturbantes infringentes et pervertentes statuta predicta ipso facta incurrant irrefragabiliter observari. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum est appensum. Rubric: Statuta feliciter Recordacionis domini Rogeri Nigri Episcopi Londoniensis de consensu domini Petri Archidiaconi london. edita et directa universis Rectoribus vicariis Capellanis parochialibus in Archiediaconatu [sic] london. constitutis directa Anno domini Mo CCo primo, Rogerus permissione divina Episcopus london. dilectis sibi in christo Rectoribus universis Vicariis et Capellanis parochialibus i. Latin. Preceded, f. 2r-v, by a list of contents. ff. 10v-11v. [Willelmus permissione divina Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis tocius anglie primas et apostolice sedis legatus dilecto filio nostro magistro Thome Baketon legum doctori Archidiacono london. in ecclesia london. ac decano ecclesie beate marie de Arcubus london. nostre Iurisdictionis inmedietate salutem gratiam et benedictionem. Letter]. Incipit: Cum olim recolende memorie Robertus de Wynchilsee dudum Cantuariensis archiepiscopus predecessor noster de consensu et assensu omnium quorum intereat [sic] in ea parte concurrentibus eciam que de iure requirebantur per quandam constitucionem pronuncialem [sic] que sic incipit Presbiteri stipendiarii et cetera. Explicit: Datum in Manerio nostro apud lamhithe [sic] undecimo kalendas decembris Anno domini Mo CCCmo octogesimo septimo Et nostre translacionis septimo. Rubric: Willelmus permissione divina Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis tocius anglie primas et apostolice sedis legatus dilecto filio nostro magistro Thome Baketon legum doctori Archidiacono london. in ecclesia london. ac decano ecclesie beate marie de Arcubus london. nostre Iurisdictionis inmedietate salutem gratiam et benedictionem. Latin. Letter of William Courtenay, archbp. of Canterbury, to Thomas Baketon, archdeacon of the diocese and dean of St. Mary-le-Bow in London, regarding a provincial constitution of Robert Winchelsey (archbp. of Canterbury, 1294-1313) that begins, "Presbiteri stipendiarii"; dated 21 November 1387. ff. 11v-12v. [Provincial Constitutions of Robert Winchelsey]. Incipit: Sequitur tenor constitucionis memorate, Presbiteri stipendiarii nec non alii sacerdotes propriis sumptibus . . . de premissis in ecclesiis suis. Finit. Et sciant parochiani defectus ecclesiarum ad eos contingentes. Explicit: Hec in constitucionibus provincialibus Archiepiscopi Cantuariensis Roberti de Wynchelsee. Latin. ff. 12v-13. [Constitucio Iohannis Peccham Provincial Constitutions of John Peckham]. Incipit: Constitucio Iohannis Peccham Archiepiscopi Edita super ornamentum ecclesiarum. Explicit: habent a Rectoribus locorum et vicariis reparari. Rubric: Constitucio Iohannis Peccham. Latin. f. 13. [Commentary on Excommunication]. Incipit: Excommunicacio fit tripliciter a deo ab homine et a Iure. Explicit: ex .c. cum desideres per .b. Latin. f. 13v; f. 14r-v blank. [Hec sunt festa que observare debemus = Holy days of obligation]. Incipit: In primis sacrum diem dominicum. Explicit: Dedicacionis ecclesie et sanctorum in quorum honore ecclesie parochiales dedicantur. Ricardus Franciscus Scripsit Anno domini 1447. Rubric: Hec sunt festa que observare debemus. Latin.

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  Pastoral miscellany : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1r-v, 3-8: Alphabetical subject index to the 2 printed books, referring to folio number. The present f.1, a fragment, bound in reverse. ff. 8-9v, 2r-v: Calendar, now misbound, including the following entries, Reinold (7 January), "Valerii archiepiscopi trevirensis" (29 January), "Lutgeri episcopi monasteriensis" (26 March), "Arbogasti episcopi argentinensis" (29 March), Translation of Liborius (28 April), "Adventus sancti liborii episcopi" (28 May), "Maximini archiepiscopi Trevirensis" (29 May), Cantianus, Cantius and Cantianilla (31 May), "Medechardi archiepiscopi trevirensis [sic for tornacensis]" (8 June), Ulric (4 July), Kilian (8 July, in red), Liborius (30 July), Meinulf (5 October, in red), "Severi archiepiscopi trevirensis" (22 October), "Severi archiepiscopi coloniensis" (23 October), Cunibert (12 November), Fridolin (14 November), "Illatio sancte marie" (26 November), "Nicetii archiepiscopi trevirensis" (5 December), David (30 December). ff. 8-9v, 2r-v. [Brief texts in the margins below the calendar]: Hugo in persona Christi dicit serva salutem tuam . . . , In scripturis sanctis sunt profunda misteria . . . , De vana laude, Amator vane laudis de uno ribaldo . . . , Contra Accidiam, Proverbiorum 12, Nolite declinare . . . , Contra gulam et ebrietatem, Albricanus brixensis vitare debemus commesstiones. f. 10r-v: [Brief texts on the duties of a preacher]: Predicator tria in se habere debet. Primus debet cogitare qualiter vel quid aut unde loquatur . . . , Predicator debet esse verax. Baltasar rex libenter audivisset levia et sibi placabilia a daniele . . . , Predicator debet tria peccatoribus proponere . . . , Predicator bonus debet peccatorem ad viam reducere veritatis tribus modis. . . . ff. 111-113. De sacramentis, Sacramenta ecclesie septem sunt. Primus est baptismus in aqua et spiritu sancto ... item splendor solis non polluitur si sordidam fenestram pertranseat. ff. 113-117. [Brief texts concerning the powers of the priesthood]: Sequitur de sacerdotibus, Sacerdos a quibus possit absolvere a quibus non licet dominus, sacerdotibus claves contulerit ligandi et solvendi . . . , Sacerdos absoluit vere sicut enim potest ligare auctoritate clavium . . . , Sacerdotis officium non usurpent sibi layci, hoc dico propter quosdam modernos hereticos qui dicunt se missas posse celebrare . . . , Sacerdotibus obedit creatura insensibilis Ideo vult dominus ut eis distincte loco sui obediatur in omnibus . . . , Sacerdotum magna est dignitas . . . , Dupliciter deus honorat sacerdotes . . . , Sacerdotibus est obediendum . . . , De Auctoritate et potestate sacerdotum. Sacerdotibus magna auctoritas seu potestas est collenda . . . , Sacerdotium christi tripliciter honoravit . . . , Excommunicare potest sacerdos aliquem pro triplici contemptu . . . , Decimas bene solvere est valde utile. . . . ff. 117-118v. [Brief texts on the following]: De parentibus. Parentes sunt honorandi duplici honore . . . , Parentes honorantes plurima bona consequentur . . . , Parentes non honorantes . . . , Ieiunias potius in quadragesima . . . , Ieiunium cur sit xla diebus . . . , Ieiunare excusantur infirmi . . . , Ieiunare tenentur . . . , Ieiunium duplex est malorum et bonorum . . . , Ieiunii veri multiplex est effectus. . . . f. 118v. De Amore, Amor intensus socium non patitur. f. 118v. Propheta,Non est propheta sine honore in patria sua ... [6 short extracts from the New Testament]. ff. 119-121v. Temptacio, Circa temptationem quattuor sunt nominanda ... promisit deus diligentibus se. Tu autem domine miserere nobis deo gratias. Amen. ff. 121v-122. Exposicio dominice oracionis, Pater noster et cetera. Sciendum quod ista oracio dicitur oratio dominica ... et in tua gloria admirabili cum sanctis tuis perpetue gloriari. Amen. f. 122. Duodecim articuli fidei per apostolos. Petrus, Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem creatorem celi et terre ... f. 122v. De die dominico. Qui non servatis dies dominicos et alias festivitates ... iocunditas civium iustorum et piorum humilium et castorum. f. 123r-v. [Distinctions and short verses on mercy, mercy of God, virtues and vices, and other subjects]. On f. 216v, the last leaf of the incunable, with upper 2/3 lacking, the remainder contains additional notes in Pilter's hand. f. 216v: [last leaf of incunabulum, upper 2/3 of leaf lacking, the remainder contains additional notes in Pilter's hand].

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  Bracton's De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae and several leaves of Statutes : [manuscript]

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  f. ii: 19th century notes regarding the Bengough family. ff. 1-4v: chapter list to Bracton; f. 4v: a prayer, a note on herbs, verses about Tedaldus (pope Gregory X), a political prophecy in verse attributed to the chaplain of Roger le Brabazon (justice of King's Bench in 1296), verses about a pope Lucius. ff. 5-263: [Henry Bracton, De legibus et consuetudinibus Anglie]: Rubric: Que sunt Regi necessaria. Incipit liber domini Henrici de Bracton. Incipit: In rege qui recte regit necessaria sunt duo hec, arma videlicet et leges ... Explicit: qui sunt ad fidem domini Regis sive inde preceptum habuerint sive non. Explicit liber Henrici de Bractoun de legibus et consuetudinibus Anglicanis. ff. 263-264: [Statutes, including the Statute for religious men; Extenta manerii; Assize of weights and measures; Assize of bread and ale]. ff. 264-265: [Ordinatio cartarum]: Incipit: Quam prona sunt estatis studia et quanto vivamus diucius tanto proniora et hec quare plurimi sunt contractus utpote conductiones emptiones venditiones obligationes ... Explicit: Ego A. de B. et heredes mei vel assignati totam terram predictam cum pertinentiis sicut prius dictum est prefacto C. de B. et cetera. Explicit ordinacio Cartarum. ff. 265-267v: [Statutes, including a note on weights and measures; the View of frankpledge; Magna Carta; verses; a copy of a writ of entry brought by William of Sparesholte against Gerald de Insula dated at Winchester, 21 September in the year of "our" reign 13; the Versus Bruti ad Dianam and its pendant Responsio Diane; the Carta de foresta ending defectively].

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  Chronicles : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-2. [Isidore] [Etymologies]. Incipit: Prima etas in exordio [sui] continet creacionem mundi. Explicit: Residuum sexte etatis tempus deo soli est cognitum. Rubric: Incipit liber v Rubrica de discripcione temporum ysidorus. Latin. Isidore, Etymologies, Bk. 5, ch. 39, PL 82:224-228. f. 2v. [Divisiones episcopatum yspanie tempore Regis Vambe = Dioceses in Spain]. Incipit: Theodosius fuit rex catholicus et fecit celebrare concilium in gallecia apud Lucensem urbem et divisit omnes dioceses inter omnes episcopos gallecie sicut hic scriptum est. Ad kathedram bracarensem dedit ecclesias. Explicit: postea divisit sedes narbonem et sunt ix sed non curavi hic ponere nomina eorum. Rubric: Divisiones episcopatum yspanie tempore Regis Vambe. Latin. ff. 2v-3v. [Ista sunt concilia que facta fuerunt in yspania Councils of the church of Spain]. Incipit: Concilium primum fuit yspania Elibertanum xviii episcoporum temporibus constantini gestum eodem tempore quo enicena [sic] sinodus habita est. Explicit: petrus elborensis, aloarius ubi est modo civitatem caliabriensem [sic]. Expliciunt concilia id est numerus conciliorum yspanie prout inveni in libro canonum. Rubric: Ista sunt concilia que facta fuerunt in yspania. Latin. Resumé of the headings and lists of bishops from Isidore, Concilia Hispaniae, PL 84:301-626. ff. 3v-6. [Incipit istoria gotica edita a Roderico toletane ecclesie sacerdote Chapter list of histoires of R. Jiménez de Rada]. Incipit: i, De Europa et generacione Iaphet. Explicit: ccciiii, De monarchia yuceh citra mare et ultra mare. Explicit. Rubric: Incipit istoria gotica edita a Roderico toletane ecclesie sacerdote. Latin. Chapter list to the histories of Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, archbishop of Toledo, contained in this manuscript. f. 6r-v. [Noticia sedium cathedralium hispanie = List of the dioceses of Spain]. Incipit: Tolleto metropoli, Oreto. Explicit: Dominus philippus Fater [sic] domini regis Ramundus. Hic fuit primus loco prelati in ecclesia hispalensis ex quo modo fuit capta per christianos. Explicit. Rubric: Noticia sedium cathedralium hispanie. Latin. Includes a reference to"Gundisalvus qui nunc est"; his dates are 1280-99?. ff. 6v-8v.[Hic qui secuntur fuerunt regis gothorum = Kings of Spain]. Incipit: Era ccc lxxxi, Regnavit athanaricus primus Rex gothorum xiiii annis. Explicit: et fuit primus rex in navarra. Rubric: Hic qui secuntur fuerunt regis gothorum. Latin. Includes a reference to"Alfonsus qui nunc est quem deus dirigat" (his dates are 1252-1284), to"Dionisius [1279-1325] qui nunc est" (his dates are 1279-1325) and to James"qui habet regnum maioricorum" (his dates are 1276-1311). ff. 9-75v. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia gothica. Incipit: Ut veritas genesis attestatur quam moyses scripsit. Explicit: et multa alia quorum esset narrare. Hoc opusculum ut scivi et potui consumavi anno incarnationis domini M cc xliii Era MCC lxxxi Anno xxvi regni fernandi regis v feria pridie kalendas aprilis anno pontificatus nostri xxxiii Sede apostolica adhuc vacante anno uno mensibus viii diebus x gregorio papa ix viam universe carnis ingresso. Rubric: Incipit hystoria Gothica edita a Roderico Tolletane ecclesie sacerdote. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Gothica in A. Schott, ed., Hispania Illustrata (Frankfurt 1603) 2:26-148. M. C. Diaz y Diaz, Index Scriptorum Latinorum Medii Aevi Hispanorum (Salamanca 1958-59) 1241. Here preceded by a dedication and a prologue. ff. 75v-78v. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia romanorum. Incipit: Principium autem regum lacii istud fuit. Explicit: et variorum presidium tiranide lacerata. Rubric: De regibus lacii, ccxxi. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Romanorum in Schott, 2:186-95. Diaz y Diaz 1245. ff. 78v-83. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia hunnorum. Incipit: Hugnorum origo ut reffert antiquitas ita cepit. Explicit: gallia gothica in hyspaniam transtulerunt. Rubric: De origine hugnorum. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Hunnorum in Schott, 2:151-59. Diaz y Diaz 1243. ff. 83-84v. [Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada] Historia ostrogothorum et visigothorum. Incipit: Mortuo athilla Walamen rex astrogothorum et albaricus rex gepidarum. Explicit: qui in hispaniis et gallia gothica regnaverunt. Rubric: De Regibus astrogothorum et actibus theodorici, ccxlix,. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Ostrogothorum et Visigothorum in Schott, 2: 148-51. Diaz y Diaz 1242. ff. 84v-97. [Rodrgo Jiménez de Rada] Historia arabum. Incipit: Anno leovigildi regis gothorum ix Era de prima. Explicit: sed quia de adventu eorum in hystoria Gothica fuimus prosecuti hic nolumus iterare. Explicit Era M CC et lxxiiii. Laus tibi sit christe quoniam liber explicit iste. Rubric: Incipit historiam [sic] arabum de origine et exordio Mahometi, cclvi. Latin. Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Historia Arabum in Schott, 2:162-86. Diaz y Diaz 1244. f. 97r-v. [Hugh of St. Cher] Speculum ecclesie. Incipit: Dicit apostolus ad ephesios vi. Induite vos armatura dei ut possitis stare adverssus insidias diaboli. Hec armatura est vestis sacerdotalis significativa septemplicis virtutis. Explicit: mentis amaritudo in speculis mulierum. Rubric: Incipit speculum ecclesie. Incipit tractatus domini Hugonis cardinalis de ordine misse et sacerdotalium indumentorum signifficatione. Latin. Hugh of St. Cher, Speculum ecclesie, short extract containing the first and part of the second chapter; cf. Hain 8977-8992. ff. 97v-145. [Martinus Oppaviensis] Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum. Incipit: Sicut dicit Orosius ad beatum augustinum scribens a mundi creacione. Explicit: Nicholaus iii Nacione Rome anno domini M cc lxxvii sedit. Amen. Hic finit ystoria romanorum pontificum usque ad tempora nostra. Rubric: Incipit Cronica fratris Martini penetenciarii domini pape et capellani . . . De quatuor regnis maioribus. Latin. Kaeppeli, SOPMA 2974. L. Weiland, ed., Martini Oppaviensis Chronicon Pontificum et Imperatorum (Hannover 1872) MGH Scriptores 22:397-474, here conflating the pope and emperor lists; Weiland's recension C, as it extends to Nicholas II (1277) and includes the narration on the 4 reigns after the prologue, the section on Pope Joan (f. 131) and numerous other interpolations. ff. 145-152v. Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri. Incipit: Fuit quidam rex anthiocus nomine a quo ipsa civitas. Explicit: unum in templo ephesiorum alterum blibiotece [sic] sue. Expliciunt gesta piissimi regis appolloni tyri. Rubric: Et incipit quedam ystoria satis apposito nostro remota est tamen in se admirabilis et sic proponere eam hic voluimus qualiter contigit de quodam rege antiochie qui antiochus vocabatur,. Latin. G. A. A. Kortekaas, ed., Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri (Groningen 1984); listed p. 20. ff. 152v-158v. [Dares Phrygius] De excidio Troiae historia. Incipit: Pleyas rex ypolopense [sic] fratrem habuit hesonem. Explicit: palemonem ephistrophum et Scedium. Explicit ystoria troyanorum. Rubric: Hic incipit alia ystoria grecorum et troyanorum de rege pleya et iason filio hesonis fratre eius. Latin. F. Meister, ed., Daretis Phrygii De excidio Troiae historia (Leipzig 1873), with introductory epistle and the 2 supplementary sections on the casualties of the Greeks and the Trojans. ff. 159-178v. [Saba Malaspina] Rerum sicularum historia. Incipit: Tempore autem domini innocencii vi Rex Karolus regnum posolimitanum [sic] ex concessione cuiusdam domicelle. Explicit: Sique dum ad domum tamen dicti henrici cathalani vota sua convertunt et illuc dirigunt manus armatas paucos [catchword:] gallicos//. Rubric: Hic incipit ystoria de hiis que contigerunt in sicilia tempore regis karoli. Latin. Saba Malaspina, Rerum sicularum historia, Bk. 6, ch. 5-Bk. 10, chap. 5 (breaking defectively) in G. del Re, ed., Cronistie scrittori sincroni della dominazione normanna (Naples 1845-68) 2:307-80; listed in A. Nitschke,"Untersuchungen zu Saba Malaspina," Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 12 (1956) 160 n. 1.

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  Fragment from a year book : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-4v. [Year book]: Fragment of a year book containing assizes of novel disseisin, including the following names of speakers as they occur in the text: Gilbert de Toutheby (narrator by 1293, d. by 1328); Robert de Malberthorpe (narrator by 1299, judge from 1320, d. by 1332); William Herle (narrator by 1300, judge by 1320); Edmund de Passelewe (narrator by 1299, Baron of the Exchequer by 1323); Nicholas de Warrewik (narrator by 1287, d. by 1311); Geoffrey de Hertilpole (narrator by 1291, d. ca. 1324); Gilbert of Roubury (judge of the king's bench 1295-1316, judge of the common bench 1316-1321); "Scrop," either Henry (narrator by 1292, judge from 1308, d. 1336) or Geoffrey (serjeant in 1309, judge from 1323, d. 1340); John de Cantebrigge (serjeant from 1309, judge from 1329, d. before June 1335); John de Wescote (narrator by 1300, d. after 1316); Henry le Spigurnel (narrator by 1291, d. 1328); John de Ingham (serjeant in 1309, d. after 1325); John de Stonore (serjeant from 1311, judge from 1320, d. 1354); "Bradford," perhaps John de Bradenstoke (narrator by 1293); Walter de Friskeney (narrator by 1293; judge from 1323, probably d. by 1328); John de Haverington (narrator by 1292); "Cave"; Roger de Scoter (narrator by 1291, Baron of the Exchequer in 1310, d. by 1312); "Cressing[ham]"; William de Kellaw (narrator by 1286, known until 1292); William Howard (narrator in 1293-94, judge from 1297, d. ca. 1308); William de Bereford (narrator by 1285, judge from 1292, d. 1326); Adam de Kyngeshemede (narrator by 1276, known until 1312); Ralph de Stalinburgh (narrator by 1294, known until 1301); John of Mettingham (judge of the common bench 1290-1301). The following names of parties appear: Mestre Thomas; Roger vs. John; Robert le Orfevre and his wife Joan vs. William Dewere; William de Norton vs. William de Haston; Robert Turry and his wife Beatrice vs. John de Coverelle; Robert de Stureye vs. James, Alice de T. and her son Geoffrey; Henry vs. Robert and Richard; John de Thornton vs. Robert de Holoynd; Renald son of Renald vs. Renald son of John and William de N.; John Benk vs. A. de N.; John son of Giles de Brewes; Thomas Corbridge archbishop of York (1300-04) vs. Davy de Kauode.

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