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recover_v in_o another_o so_o that_o all_o country_n be_v fill_v with_o blood_n and_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o people_n without_o any_o hope_n or_o prospect_n of_o come_v to_o a_o conclusion_n upon_o consideration_n of_o which_o the_o pious_a emperor_n commiserate_v the_o affliction_n of_o his_o people_n emperor_n resolve_v to_o make_v one_o trial_n and_o essay_n more_o to_o see_v if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o bring_v matter_n to_o a_o end_n by_o way_n of_o a_o amicable_a agreement_n and_o to_o that_o purpose_n he_o convene_v a_o diet_n at_o oedemburg_n where_o the_o malcontent_n give_v in_o these_o grievance_n make_v in_o transilvania_n and_o write_a original_o in_o latin._n gravamina_fw-la binarum_fw-la superioris_fw-la hungariae_fw-la regiarum_fw-la ac_fw-la liberarum_fw-la cassoviensis_fw-la &_o epperiensis_n civitatum_fw-la articularium_fw-la quibus_fw-la ibidem_fw-la degentes_fw-la universi_fw-la cives_fw-la &_o incolae_fw-la trium_fw-la nationum_fw-la 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designanda_fw-la decernuntur_fw-la sancitum_fw-la esse_fw-la ut_fw-la evangelicis_fw-la ademptorum_fw-la templorum_fw-la scholarum_fw-la &_o parochiarum_fw-la loco_fw-la per_fw-la suae_fw-la majestatis_fw-la serenissimae_fw-la destinatos_fw-la certos_fw-la commissarios_fw-la loca_fw-la commoda_fw-la &_o congrua_fw-la &_o quidem_fw-la citra_fw-la aliquam_fw-la locorum_fw-la exterorum_fw-la restrictionem_fw-la in_fw-la ipsis_fw-la
recompense_v this_o imperial_a royal_a favour_n with_o all_o sort_n of_o happiness_n from_o above_o deliver_v to_o his_o sacred_a majesty_n at_o aix_n la_fw-fr chapelle_n upon_o his_o go_v to_o vienna_n the_o 24_o the_o day_n of_o april_n in_o the_o year_n 1689._o your_o most_o sacred_a majesty_n most_o humble_a and_o faithful_a subject_n the_o deputy_n of_o the_o evangelick_n in_o the_o county_n city_n town_n and_o frontier_n of_o upper_a and_o low_a hungary_n about_o the_o business_n of_o their_o distress_a religion_n the_o first_o article_n of_o the_o peace_n of_o vienna_n in_o the_o year_n 1606._o as_o to_o the_o business_n of_o religion_n notwithstanding_o the_o former_a public_a constitution_n and_o the_o last_o article_n of_o the_o year_n 1604_o which_o be_v make_v without_o the_o diet_n and_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o subject_n and_o therefore_o be_v annul_v it_o be_v grant_v that_o according_a to_o his_o imperial_a majesty_n former_a resolution_n to_o which_o the_o subject_n 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