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of_o they_o may_v quick_o be_v bring_v together_o especial_o towards_o the_o border_n of_o denmark_n and_o norway_n where_o in_o twenty_o day_n time_n the_o king_n of_o sueden_n can_v have_v a_o army_n of_o 20000_o men._n above_o the_o ordinary_a establishment_n the_o king_n have_v annex_v to_o each_o regiment_n about_o twenty_o supernumerary_a farm_n to_o answer_v any_o extraordinary_a accident_n of_o fire_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o furnish_v a_o subsistence_n for_o such_o officer_n as_o be_v past_a service_n for_o common_a soldier_n that_o age_n or_o wound_n have_v render_v unfit_a for_o war_n there_o be_v one_o general_a hospital_n which_o have_v a_o good_a revenue_n and_o beside_o that_o every_o officer_n that_o be_v advance_v pay_v to_o it_o a_o sum_n of_o money_n proportionable_a to_o the_o charge_n he_o arise_v to_o a_o colonel_n pay_v 100_o crown_n and_o other_o in_o proportion_n beside_o the_o arm_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o militia_n there_o be_v a_o considerable_a 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