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| Petition to the king of 1449 (London, National Archives, E.28/79/30). All images by permission of the National Archives. | |
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| Click on each of the above to walk your way through the text. The transcript will appear in a separate window so that you can use it for reference at any time. These exercises are designed to guide you through the text, not test you, so you can cheat as much as you like. | |
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