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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 foemina_fw-la prudentissima_fw-la regni_fw-la procuratrice_n procedentibus_fw-la dum_fw-la ex_fw-la una_fw-la parte_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o ex_fw-la alia_fw-la perduelles_fw-la religionis_fw-la vi_fw-la &_o suasionibus_fw-la manus_fw-la dare_v coguntur_fw-la etc._n etc._n obsessa_fw-la enim_fw-la ab_fw-la imberto_n cum_fw-la exercitu_fw-la regio_fw-la tholossa_n etc._n etc._n with_o many_o the_o like_a passage_n which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o this_o author_n innocentius_n tertius_fw-la ad_fw-la istam_fw-la albigensium_fw-la haeresin_fw-la extirpandam_fw-la etc._n etc._n arma_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la excitat_fw-la curam_fw-la autem_fw-la belli_fw-la leopoldo_n etc._n etc._n &_o simoni_n comiti_fw-la montisfortis_n demandat_fw-la urbes_fw-la vi_fw-la captae_fw-la erant_fw-la bitterae_fw-la etc._n etc._n item_n francorum_fw-la regi_fw-la instinctu_fw-la innocentii_fw-la 3_o papae_fw-la cum_fw-la albigensium_fw-la haereticis_fw-la negotium_fw-la fuit_fw-la belli_fw-la dux_n simon_n 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