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the_o consistory_n where_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o pope_n and_o cardinal_n and_o great_a number_n of_o ambassador_n and_o prelate_n duke_n earl_n baron_n and_o other_o noble_a personage_n he_o begin_v to_o complain_v of_o the_o french_a king_n so_o as_o be_v traââ¦sported_v with_o choler_n fight_n he_o proceed_v so_o far_o as_o for_o the_o avoid_n of_o great_a effusion_n of_o blood_n heââ¦_n will_v end_v all_o controversy_n by_o fight_v with_o he_o hand_n to_o hand_n and_o that_o heââ¦_n will_v challenge_v he_o for_o that_o purpose_n the_o pope_n do_v all_o he_o may_v to_o appease_v he_o and_o have_v already_o employ_v himself_o to_o make_v they_o friend_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a the_o great_a difficulty_n be_v to_o findââ¦_n a_o mean_n which_o mââ¦ght_v content_v both_o the_o one_o and_o other_o concern_v the_o duchy_n of_o milan_n in_o which_o treaty_n although_o the_o venetian_n have_v a_o hand_n the_o emperor_n pleasure_n be_v to_o have_v they_o acquaint_v therewith_o 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to_o assail_v either_o marseilles_n or_o aââ¦les_n and_o have_v spend_v much_o time_n in_o this_o irresolution_n he_o give_v the_o king_n leisuââ¦e_v to_o assemble_v a_o mighty_a army_n who_o be_v come_v to_o lion_n for_o that_o purpose_n do_v practice_v genoa_n with_o sundry_a italian_a captain_n who_o in_o his_o behalf_n have_v raise_v force_n near_o to_o mirandola_n make_v a_o attempt_n to_o surpriââ¦e_n genoa_n and_o to_o reduce_v it_o to_o the_o french_a king_n devotion_n the_o emperor_n be_v by_o this_o mean_v call_v away_o to_o defend_v his_o own_o perceive_v likewise_o that_o his_o army_n sustain_v diverse_a discommodity_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o bad_a disposition_n of_o the_o air_n where_o it_o be_v encamp_v be_v enforce_v to_o retire_v without_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o only_o make_v a_o show_n of_o his_o great_a desire_n to_o hurt_v the_o king_n proââ¦ence_n but_o before_o he_o come_v into_o provence_n he_o send_v roderigo_n d'analos_n to_o venice_n to_o acquaint_v the_o 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those_o force_n of_o foot_n and_o horse_n to_o meet_v by_o a_o certain_a day_n at_o azola_n upon_o the_o bressan_n territory_n to_o pass_v from_o thence_o when_o need_n shall_v be_v upon_o that_o of_o cremona_n the_o duke_n of_o urbin_n be_v likewise_o send_v for_o to_o come_v in_o person_n to_o the_o armââ¦_n but_o truce_n be_v grant_v by_o the_o arrival_n of_o the_o cardinal_n of_o lorraine_n this_o former_a heat_n of_o the_o french_a seem_v to_o be_v quench_v whereby_o the_o venetian_n have_v no_o cause_n to_o march_v forth_o of_o their_o own_o confine_n yet_o nevertheless_o the_o french_a king_n make_v show_v open_o to_o be_v distaste_v of_o they_o although_o he_o very_o well_o know_v that_o he_o have_v no_o just_a cause_n by_o reason_n they_o do_v not_o exceed_v the_o bound_n of_o their_o confederacy_n but_o hope_v by_o his_o complaint_n to_o cause_v they_o to_o
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