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for_o the_o number_n as_o those_o we_o have_v with_o we_o and_o when_o we_o come_v within_o sight_n of_o st._n foy_n messieurs_fw-fr de_fw-fr fontenilles_n de_fw-fr madaillan_n and_o captain_n montluc_n with_o his_o six_o company_n put_v themselves_o before_o and_o march_v direct_o towards_o the_o town_n mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr terride_a with_o his_o own_o company_n and_o that_o of_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr negrepelice_n march_v after_o to_o sustain_v they_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr bellegarde_n mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr sainctorens_n and_o i_o sustain_v mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr terride_a and_o there_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr gramonts_n company_n come_v up_o to_o we_o and_o mounseur_fw-fr de_fw-fr leberon_n with_o his_o five_o ensign_n i_o think_v the_o best_a curtel_n in_o all_o our_o troop_n can_v not_o have_v make_v more_o haste_n than_o they_o have_v do_v for_o they_o be_v no_o more_o than_o two_o day_n only_o in_o come_v betwixt_o villefranche_a de_fw-fr roüergue_v to_o st._n foy._n 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