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he_o can_v have_v be_v make_v of_o the_o rage_n of_o the_o croisades_n in_o all_o language_n and_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o stile_n a_o sea_n of_o blood_n rivers_n of_o blood_n stream_n of_o blood_n signify_v a_o very_a great_a slaughter_n now_o the_o proper_a character_n of_o the_o croisades_n be_v slaughter_n murder_n which_o fall_v not_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o antichristian_a empire_n but_o upon_o the_o people_n all_o be_v turn_v into_o blood._n never_o be_v there_o such_o a_o prodigious_a effusion_n of_o blood_n in_o the_o sea_n i._n e._n among_o the_o people_n in_o the_o first_o crusade_n there_o die_v more_o than_o 2_o million_o of_o man_n in_o 3_o or_o 4_o year_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o god_n do_v lead_v these_o wretched_a creature_n as_o it_o be_v to_o the_o shambles_n that_o they_o shall_v find_v the_o punishment_n of_o their_o crime_n he_o take_v so_o great_a a_o quantity_n of_o blood_n that_o he_o may_v cure_v the_o ulcer_n of_o christendom_n for_o that_o he_o may_v 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