diff --git a/mar/x-htm.hoon b/mar/x-htm.hoon
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index 000000000..2ea95aa55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mar/x-htm.hoon
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+|_  a=manx
+++  grow  |%  ++  htm  a
+--        --
diff --git a/mar/x-htm/elem.hoon b/mar/x-htm/elem.hoon
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+|_  a=manx
+++  grab  |%  ++  noun  manx
+--        --
diff --git a/ren/x-htm/elem.hoon b/ren/x-htm/elem.hoon
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index 000000000..45c74f004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ren/x-htm/elem.hoon
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/htm/  -.-
diff --git a/ren/x-htm/wrap.hoon b/ren/x-htm/wrap.hoon
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index 000000000..06a1ee11c
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+++ b/ren/x-htm/wrap.hoon
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+|=([@ a=manx] a)