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corn_n and_o have_v wood_n convenient_a to_o hunt_v in_o city_n the_o metropolis_n or_o mother-citie_n of_o this_o dukedom_n be_v caesarodunum_n turonum_n call_v in_o french_a tours_n this_o city_n excel_v for_o wealth_n and_o fair_a edifice_n or_o building_n on_o the_o east_n side_n the_o river_n ligeris_n or_o liger_n on_o the_o south_n and_o west_n side_n the_o river_n idra_n do_v flow_v near_o unto_o it_o the_o lesser_a town_n in_o it_o be_v amboise_n langes_n chinon_n and_o other_o the_o county_n of_o aquitaine_n be_v tholouse_n narbonne_n albret_n armignac_n bigorre_n bear_v estrac_n commingcois_n and_o foix._n also_o ventadour_n pompadour_n montignac_n in_o poicton_n ecclesiastic_a perigort_n fronssac_n esparre_n lymosin_n touraine_n march_n the_o vicountie_n of_o aulnay_n and_o basque_n the_o signory_n or_o lordship_n be_v plane_n grave_a chaloces_n saintonge_n and_o auluis_n there_o be_v moreover_o five_o archbishop_n first_o the_o archbishop_n of_o narbon_n under_o who_o be_v these_o suffragans_fw-la to_o wit_n the_o bishop_n of_o carcassone_n agde_v of_o s._n pont_n de_fw-fr tomieres_n alet_fw-la mompelier_n eâne_n besier_n lodeut_n nismes_n and_o vseâz_n second_o the_o bishop_n of_o bourges_n under_o who_o be_v ten_o bishop_n namely_o the_o bishop_n of_o clermont_n of_o rhodes_n of_o lymoges_n of_o man_v of_o alby_n of_o cahors_n of_o castres_n of_o tulies_n of_o s._n flour_n and_o of_o le_fw-fr puy_n three_o the_o bishop_n of_o bordeaux_n under_o who_o there_o be_v eight_o bishop_n namely_o of_o poitiers_n of_o lucon_n of_o matlezais_n of_o saint_n of_o engoulesme_n of_o again_o of_o codon_n and_o of_o sarlac_n four_o the_o bishop_n of_o tholouse_n which_o have_v these_o bishop_n under_o he_o the_o bishop_n of_o pamiers_n of_o mirepoys_n of_o montauban_n of_o la_fw-fr vour_z of_o rieux_n of_o lombe_n and_o of_o papon_n five_o the_o bishop_n of_o aux_fw-fr under_o who_o be_v the_o bishop_n of_o aq_n of_o come_v of_o tarbe_n of_o basas_n of_o lescure_a 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the_o bishop_n of_o ââviers_fw-mi of_o s._n jean_n de_fw-fr morienne_n of_o geneve_n
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