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dominationem_fw-la confidenter_fw-la rogamus_fw-la eo_fw-la quo_fw-la convenientius_fw-la putaverit_fw-la modo_fw-la continuò_fw-la nostro_fw-la oratori_fw-la opitulari_fw-la eáque_fw-la quâ_fw-la pollet_fw-la authoritate_fw-la causam_fw-la promovere_fw-la ne_fw-la gravetur_fw-la rem_fw-la non_fw-la saltem_fw-la transilvaniae_fw-la verùm_fw-la quoque_fw-la christianitati_fw-la perutilem_fw-la factura_fw-la nósque_fw-la ad_fw-la vincula_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la arctissimè_fw-la devinctura_fw-la cui_fw-la felicem_fw-la vitam_fw-la precamur_fw-la &_o manemus_fw-la indubitati_fw-la datum_n in_o castris_fw-la ad_fw-la pagum_fw-la koczard_n positis_fw-la die_v 26_o septembris_fw-la an._n dom._n 1662._o excellentissimae_fw-la dominationis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la amicus_fw-la benevolus_fw-la michael_n apafi_n in_o english_a thus_o most_o excellent_a lord_n and_o most_o worthy_a friend_n the_o misery_n of_o transilvania_n with_o which_o for_o many_o year_n by_o the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n we_o 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