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milâ—_n in_o internecione_fw-la delentur_fw-la atque_fw-la intra_fw-la ipsius_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la occisa_fw-la septem_fw-la millia_fw-la &_o quam_fw-la multa_fw-la castra_fw-la &_o oppida_fw-la quâ_fw-la vi_fw-la quâ_fw-la deditione_n simon_n montisfortis_n dux_n belli_fw-la electus_fw-la cepit_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la simon_n in_fw-la hoc_fw-la bello_fw-la prestiterit_fw-la you_o may_v find_v at_o great_a length_n in_o the_o history_n spond_n ad_fw-la ann_n 1209_o &_o sequentes_fw-la idem_fw-la ad_fw-la ann_n 1227._o varia_n certamina_fw-la marteque_fw-la vario_fw-la inter_fw-la inbertum_fw-la bellojocensem_fw-la istarum_fw-la partium_fw-la regium_fw-la rectorem_fw-la &_o raymundum_fw-la tholosanum_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la sive_fw-la sectatorem_fw-la sive_fw-la fautorem_fw-la inita_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o anno_fw-la 1228._o sanctius_fw-la atque_fw-la illustrius_fw-la rebus_fw-la interea_fw-la in_o gallia_n sub_fw-la strenuo_fw-la &_o sancto_fw-la rege_fw-la pvero_fw-la ac_fw-la 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