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fussero_fw-la ridotto_fw-it sotto_fw-it quelimperio_fw-la la_fw-fr normandia_n e'l_o ducato_n di_fw-it ghienna_n provincie_n possedute_v primadagli_fw-la inglesi_n e_fw-la ne_fw-la gli_fw-la ultimi_fw-la anni_fw-la di_fw-it luigi_n xi_o la_fw-fr contè_fw-fr a_fw-fr di_fw-fr provenza_n il_fw-fr ducato_n di_fw-it borgogna_fw-it e_fw-it quasi_fw-la tutta_fw-mi la_fw-fr picardia_n dipoi_fw-fr aggiunto_n per_fw-la nuovo_fw-la matrimonio_fw-la alla_fw-fr potentia_fw-la di_fw-it carlo_n viii_o il_fw-fr ducato_n di_fw-it bretagna_n ne_fw-fr mancava_fw-fr nel_fw-it animo_fw-la di_fw-it carlo_n inclinatione_fw-la à _fw-la cercer_n d'acquistare_fw-la con_v l'arme_n il_fw-fr regno_fw-la di_fw-it napoli_n come_v giustament_fw-mi appartenente_fw-la a_o se_fw-la cominciata_fw-la per_fw-la un_fw-fr certo_fw-la instinto_fw-la quasi_fw-la naturale_fw-la insino_fw-la da_fw-la pueritia_fw-la e_fw-la nutrita_fw-la dà _fw-la conforti_fw-la d'alcuni_fw-la che_fw-it gli_fw-it er_fw-mi ano_fw-la molto_fw-mi accetti_fw-mi i_fw-it quali_fw-la empiendolo_n di_fw-it pensieri_fw-la vani_fw-la gliproponevano_fw-la questa_fw-la essere_fw-la occasione_n d'avanzare_fw-la la_fw-fr gloria_fw-la do_v suoi_fw-fr predecessori_fw-la perch_n acquistato_fw-la il_fw-fr ream_n di_fw-it napoli_n gli_fw-it sarebbe_fw-it agevole_fw-it vincere_fw-la l'imperio_fw-la de_fw-la turchi_n short_o after_o the_o say_a historian_n follow_v his_o discourse_n in_o this_o manner_n incomminciò_fw-la in_o tale_n dispositione_n de_fw-fr gli_fw-la animi_fw-la &_o in_o tale_n confusione_n dell_fw-it cose_z tanto_fw-it inclinate_a à _fw-la nuove_n perturbationi_fw-la l'anno_fw-mi 1494_o anno_fw-la infelicissimo_fw-la all_o '_o italia_n &_o in_o verita_fw-la anno_fw-la primo_fw-la de_fw-la gli_fw-la anni_fw-la miserabibili_fw-la perch_n aperse_v la_fw-fr porta_fw-la à _fw-la innumerabili_fw-la &_o horribili_fw-la
oalamità _fw-la dell_fw-it quali_fw-la si_fw-la può_fw-la dire_fw-fr che_fw-it per_fw-la diversi_fw-la accidenti_fw-la habbia_fw-la dipoi_fw-la participato_fw-la una_fw-la grand_fw-mi parte_fw-la del_fw-it mondo_fw-la &_o par_fw-fr les_fw-fr prodiges_fw-la qui_fw-fr presageoient_fw-fr cette_fw-fr guerre_fw-fr d'incredibile_fw-la timore_fw-la si_fw-la riempivano_fw-it i_fw-it popoli_fw-it spaventati_fw-la gia_fw-la per_fw-la la_fw-fr fama_fw-la della_fw-it potentia_fw-la de_fw-fr francesi_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o indeed_o king_n charles_n the_o viii_o make_v himself_o master_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n in_o few_o day_n by_o the_o terror_n of_o his_o arm_n do_v it_o by_o assault_n burn_v the_o mount_n sr._n john_n pass_v with_o his_o sword_n through_o all_o that_o be_v to_o be_v find_v a_o unheard_a of_o case_n in_o those_o time_n and_o he_o soon_o lose_v it_o again_o afterward_o by_o his_o negligence_n and_o too_o little_a care_n he_o have_v to_o preserve_v it_o but_o we_o 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a_o state_n of_o defence_n but_o the_o