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that_o land_n so_o evil_a till_v so_o barren_a cold_a and_o little_a and_o that_o they_o shall_v come_v and_o inhabit_v italy_n which_o be_v a_o plain_a country_n fertile_a and_o ample_a temperate_a and_o very_a rich_a and_o that_o now_o or_o never_o they_o shall_v conquer_v it_o and_o narsete_v therewith_o not_o content_v but_o to_o provoke_v his_o friend_n the_o more_o and_o make_v they_o the_o more_o covetous_a send_v they_o part_v of_o every_o good_a thing_n that_o be_v in_o italy_n that_o be_v to_o say_v light_a horse_n rich_a armour_n sweet_a pleasant_a and_o dainty_a fruit_n fine_a metal_n and_o may_v kind_n of_o ointment_n very_o odoriserous_a silk_n and_o merchandise_n of_o many_o and_o diverse_a sort_n the_o ambassador_n arrive_v in_o pannony_n which_o now_o be_v call_v hungary_n be_v honourable_o receive_v and_o the_o lombard_n see_v that_o there_o be_v such_o and_o so_o many_o goodly_a thing_n in_o italy_n determine_v to_o leave_n pannonia_n and_o go_v spoil_n and_o 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wrought_v for_o it_o be_v the_o duty_n of_o a_o noble_a princess_n to_o mitigate_v the_o ire_n of_o prince_n when_o they_o be_v angry_a and_o not_o to_o provoke_v they_o further_o to_o anger_n narsete_v then_o always_o doubt_v the_o empress_n sophia_n never_o after_o return_v into_o naples_n where_o she_o be_v but_o rather_o come_v from_o naples_n to_o rome_n a_o year_n before_o the_o lambards_n come_v into_o italy_n where_o he_o receive_v all_o the_o sacrament_n and_o like_o a_o devout_a christian_a he_o die_v his_o body_n be_v carry_v to_o alexandria_n 〈…〉_z in_o a_o cousin_n of_o silver_n all_o set_v with_o precious_a stone_n and_o there_o be_v bury_v and_o a_o man_n can_v tell_v whether_o the_o displeasure_n be_v great_a that_o all_o asia_n have_v not_o to_o see_v narsete_n alive_a or_o the_o pleasure_n that_o sophia_n have_v to_o see_v he_o dead_a for_o the_o unpatient_a heart_n especial_o of_o a_o woman_n have_v no_o rest_n until_o she_o see_v her_o enemy_n dead_a chap._n xvii_o 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