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heretical_a minister_n add_v 〈◊〉_d to_o this_o public_a violence_n and_o amaulry_n himself_o who_o authorize_v it_o by_o his_o example_n do_v once_o so_o outrageous_o beat_v the_o poor_a queen_n that_o he_o cover_v she_o all_o over_o with_o blood_n leave_v her_o half_a dead_a have_v recover_v her_o sense_n she_o send_v her_o bloody_a handkerchief_n to_o her_o brethren_n king_n the_o blood_n of_o the_o innocent_a have_v both_o spirit_n and_o voice_n upon_o this_o linen_n and_o carry_v indignation_n and_o wrath_n throughout_o all_o france_n 〈…〉_z take_v horse_n and_o march_v at_o the_o head_n of_o thirty_o thousand_o man_n to_o require_v his_o sister_n this_o journey_n cost_v amaulry_n his_o life_n and_o spain_n chastise_v defray_v the_o charge_n of_o it_o as_o for_o cloâ—ilda_n she_o be_v call_v to_o heaven_n before_o her_o arrival_n in_o france_n peradventure_o god_n foresee_v that_o her_o merit_n will_v suffer_v some_o diminution_n by_o repose_n and_o that_o her_o crown_n may_v be_v 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