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lezat_n of_o benedictin_n salangue_n of_o cisternian_a nun_n carbonne_n montesquiou_n de_fw-fr volvestre_n s._n sulpice_n etc._n etc._n chap._n fourteen_o of_o lower_n languedoc_n of_o the_o precinct_n of_o narbonne_n narbonnois_n as_o comprehend_v the_o diocese_n of_o alet_fw-la narbonne_n carcassonne_n and_o s._n pons_n de_fw-fr tomieres_fw-fr have_v albigeois_n on_o the_o north_n the_o precinct_n of_o bezier_n on_o the_o east_n the_o mediterranean_a sea_n on_o the_o south_n the_o county_n of_o foix_n and_o lauragais_n on_o the_o west_n alet_fw-la electa_n or_o alecta_n upon_o the_o aude_n be_v both_o a_o new_a town_n and_o a_o new_a bishopric_n as_o be_v most_o of_o the_o other_o erect_v to_o that_o dignity_n by_o pope_n john_n xxii_o this_o pope_n establish_v d_o the_o see_v of_o the_o prelate_n to_o limoux_n in_o 1317._o but_o it_o be_v transfer_v hither_o two_o year_n after_o petrarcha_n seem_v not_o to_o like_v these_o foundation_n when_o speak_v of_o this_o pontise_n he_o say_v 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