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city_n may_v be_v quiet_a and_o the_o commonwealth_n suffer_v no_o detriment_n whereupon_o pompey_n possess_v the_o marketplace_n where_o the_o cause_n be_v to_o be_v hear_v with_o band_n of_o soldier_n and_o troop_n of_o arm_a man_n and_o these_o be_v the_o trouble_n in_o rome_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o clodius_n which_o the_o gall_n do_v take_v as_o a_o occasion_n of_o revolt_n hope_v thereby_o that_o caesar_n be_v in_o gallia_n cisalpina_n which_o province_n be_v allot_v to_o his_o government_n transâ—lpina_n as_o well_o as_o that_o gallia_n northward_o the_o alps_n will_v have_v be_v detain_v from_o his_o army_n chap._n ii_o the_o man_n of_o chartres_n take_v upon_o they_o the_o beginning_n of_o 〈◊〉_d under_o the_o conduction_n of_o cotuatus_n and_o conctodunus_n these_o thing_n be_v thus_o dispute_v caesar_n the_o man_n of_o chartâ—es_n do_v make_v themselves_o the_o chief_a of_o that_o war_n refuse_v no_o danger_n for_o the_o common_a safety_n of_o their_o country_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o at_o that_o present_a they_o can_v not_o give_v caution_n by_o hostage_n lest_o the_o matter_n shall_v be_v discover_v they_o desire_v to_o have_v their_o covenant_n strengthen_v by_o oath_n and_o by_o mutual_a collation_n of_o their_o miâ—â—tary_a ensign_n which_o be_v the_o most_o religious_a ceremony_n they_o can_v use_v to_o bind_v the_o rest_n not_o to_o forsake_v they_o have_v make_v a_o entrance_n and_o beginning_n to_o that_o war_n the_o man_n of_o chartres_n be_v commend_v by_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o oath_n of_o all_o they_o that_o be_v present_a be_v take_v and_o a_o time_n appoint_v to_o begin_v they_o break_v up_o the_o assembly_n when_o the_o day_n come_v they_o of_o chartres_n under_o the_o conduction_n of_o cotuatus_n and_o conetodunus_fw-la two_o desperate_a fellow_n upon_o a_o watchword_n give_v run_v speedy_o to_o orleans_n genabum_n and_o such_o roman_a citizen_n as_o be_v there_o upon_o business_n namely_o c._n fusius_fw-la cotta_n a_o knight_n of_o rome_n who_o caesar_n have_v leave_v overseer_n of_o the_o provision_n of_o corn_n they_o slay_v and_o take_v their_o good_n the_o report_n thereof_o be_v quick_o spread_v over_o all_o the_o state_n of_o gallia_n for_o when_o any_o such_o great_a or_o extraordinary_a matter_n happen_v they_o signify_v it_o through_o the_o country_n by_o a_o outcry_n and_o shout_n which_o be_v take_v by_o other_o and_o deliver_v to_o the_o next_o and_o so_o go_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n as_o it_o happen_v at_o this_o time_n for_o that_o which_o be_v do_v at_o genabum_n at_o sunrising_n be_v before_o the_o first_o watch_n of_o the_o night_n be_v end_v hear_v in_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o arverni_n which_o be_v above_o a_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o mile_n distant_a observation_n this_o manner_n of_o outcry_n here_o mention_v to_o be_v usual_a in_o gallia_n be_v the_o same_o which_o remain_v in_o use_n at_o this_o present_a in_o wales_n hooboub_v although_o not_o so_o frequent_a as_o in_o 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