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this_o city_n be_v seven_o mile_n in_o compass_n and_o from_o so_o base_a a_o abject_a beginning_n it_o be_v grow_v as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a bulwark_n of_o europe_n the_o duke_n of_o this_o adriaticke_a queen_n espouse_v the_o sea_n every_o ascension_n day_n by_o cast_v a_o golden_a ring_n into_o it_o which_o stuâ—titious_a ceremony_n by_o pope_n alexander_n the_o three_o be_v grant_v when_o he_o flee_v to_o venice_n for_o succour_n be_v persecute_v by_o frederick_n barbarossa_n and_o the_o venetian_n vanquish_a otho_n the_o emperor_n son_n restore_v the_o pope_n and_o for_o a_o reward_n be_v honour_v with_o this_o espousal_n the_o length_n of_o the_o territory_n of_o venice_n in_o lombardy_n lie_v along_o the_o foot_n and_o south_n side_n of_o the_o alps_n amount_v to_o six_o score_n &_o five_o mile_n the_o breadth_n whereof_o in_o the_o planure_n be_v narrow_a but_o stripe_v large_a among_o the_o hill_n and_o lake_n and_o very_o populous_a the_o applaud_a italian_n 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