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By the vertuous Lady Emme de Port his wife
goodly Jssue hee had wch right prudent were
Alane the ffirst, Jeffrey the ffourth in England after
the Conquest Richard the ffirst wch the daies of theire life
Spent wth greate honor & namely wth goodly feare
in theire due places I shall declare what they were

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But first by order is my purpose & Intencion
Of the noble deedes of the first William Pearcie here in England to make mention.