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the_o shield_n of_o the_o fair_a miragarda_n for_o be_v in_o that_o low_a estate_n he_o do_v esteem_v it_o great_a dishonour_n to_o assail_v he_o because_o courageous_a mind_n rather_o desire_v to_o encounter_v those_o who_o have_v may_v to_o resist_v they_o then_o to_o deal_v with_o such_o as_o have_v no_o power_n to_o defend_v themselves_o wherefore_o he_o pass_v the_o bridge_n not_o know_v whither_o he_o be_v best_a to_o take_v his_o way_n for_o his_o desire_n be_v not_o to_o absent_v himself_o far_o thence_o because_o he_o will_v not_o loose_v the_o commodity_n to_o sight_n with_o albayzar_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o waste_v away_o the_o idle_a hour_n in_o this_o wont_a silent_a and_o amorous_a passion_n chap._n xlxiiii_n here_o be_v declare_v to_o who_o the_o fortress_n upon_o the_o bridge_n belong_v where_o albayzar_n behave_v himself_o so_o worthy_o and_o why_o the_o custom_n be_v ordain_v and_o of_o that_o which_o happen_v to_o florendos_fw-la sail_v in_o the_o galley_n 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