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nothing_o conclude_v 465._o be_v choose_v to_o go_v to_o rome_n with_o cardinal_n gondi_n by_o henry_n iu_o 557._o have_v notice_n from_o the_o pope_n not_o to_o enter_v the_o ecclesiastical_a state_n 563_o marshal_n d'anville_n son_n of_o anna_n de_fw-fr montmorancy_n deprive_v of_o his_o dignity_n by_o the_o king_n decree_n 198_o marshal_v de_fw-fr byron_n meet_v with_o the_o pope_n legate_n but_o nothing_o conclude_v 453._o treat_n with_o mocinego_n but_o accept_v not_o of_o a_o cessation_n of_o arms._n 458_o marshal_v de_fw-fr byron_n lay_v siege_n to_o roven_n 558._o kill_v with_o a_o canonshot_n in_o the_o 65th_o year_n of_o his_o age_n 559._o the_o king_n weep_v for_o he_o 561._o his_o son_n to_o revenge_v his_o death_n scale_n a_o great_a tower_n at_o espernay_n and_o take_v it_o though_o sore_o wound_v 56._o rout_n the_o spaniard_n at_o his_o entrance_n into_o artois_n 714._o give_v a_o scalado_n to_o dourlan_n but_o the_o ladder_n be_v too_o short_a it_o succeed_v not_o 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