See comaundement in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "[…] at the comaūdemēt of the right hye myghty and vertuouſe Prynceſſe hys redoubtyd lady . Margarete by the grace of god . Ducheſſe of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband &c",
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