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the_o council_n at_o constantinople_n for_o they_o consider_v that_o they_o have_v now_o wage_v a_o expensive_a laborious_a war_n for_o the_o space_n of_o three_o year_n without_o any_o effect_v agreeable_a to_o the_o blood_n and_o charge_n which_o maintain_v it_o but_o rather_o to_o the_o loss_n and_o damage_n of_o the_o empire_n the_o soldier_n abhor_v the_o length_n and_o tediousness_n of_o the_o way_n and_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o march_n be_v to_o pass_v over_o vast_a country_n and_o desert_n where_o there_o be_v nothing_o beside_o rock_n sand_n and_o barrenness_n many_o horse_n camel_n and_o other_o beast_n of_o burden_n perish_v for_o want_n of_o nourishment_n and_o where_o provision_n be_v to_o be_v have_v the_o price_n be_v so_o excessive_a that_o the_o timariot_n and_o other_o soldier_n have_v not_o a_o purse_n to_o defray_v their_o charge_n the_o enemy_n likewise_o be_v very_o strong_a for_o the_o sofi_n be_v at_o the_o head_n of_o forty_o thousand_o brave_a horse_n 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