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5000._o of_o they_o take_v ibid._n muncer_n take_v at_o franckhausen_a ibid._n rack_v to_o confess_v his_o accomplice_n ibid._n behead_v ibid._n munster_n a_o city_n in_o westphalia_n possess_v by_o the_o anabaptist_n 174._o the_o senate_n estabilsh_a the_o reform_v religion_n there_o 191._o they_o make_v a_o treaty_n with_o the_o bishop_n 192._o banish_v the_o anabaptist_n ibid._n they_o be_v tumultuous_a there_o 193._o it_o be_v besiege_v by_o its_o bishop_n ibid._n who_o be_v assist_v by_o the_o neighbour_a prince_n 194._o a_o great_a famine_n in_o the_o city_n 198._o the_o prince_n threaten_v to_o send_v the_o force_n of_o the_o empire_n upon_o they_o 197._o murner_n thomas_n a_o franciscan_a friar_n complain_v to_o campegio_n against_o the_o senate_n of_o strasbourg_n 73._o musculus_fw-la wolfgangus_n fly_v from_o augsbourg_n to_o bern_n for_o not_o subscribe_v the_o interim_n 461._o n._n naples_n a_o sedition_n there_o because_o of_o the_o inquisition_n 434._o nassaw_n count_n 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