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the_o use_n of_o the_o war._n p._n 78_o plenipotentiaries_n assemble_v at_o nimhegen_n p._n 157_o frankfurt_n p._n 175_o 176_o at_o reswick_n p._n 291_o ponty_n the_o sieur_n do_v take_v carthagena_n in_o america_n p._n 307_o poland_n the_o diet_n for_o the_o choose_n a_o king_n of_o poland_n p._n 295_o polignac_n melchior_n do_v french_a ambassador_n in_o poland_n p._n 299_o precedency_n dispute_v to_o france_n by_o spain_n p._n 33_o proposition_n the_o five_o proposition_n of_o janson_n condemn_v by_o innocent_a x._o and_o alexander_n vii_o p._n 72_o 73_o r._n ratisbonne_n see_v diet._n ravensberg_n ravage_v p._n 101_o regale_n in_o what_o it_o consist_v the_o king_n declaration_n about_o it_o p._n 180_o 181_o renunciation_n nullity_n of_o the_o queen_n renunciation_n to_o the_o succession_n of_o spain_n p._n 62_o p._n 63_o reunion_n of_o the_o dependency_n in_o alsace_n and_o the_o three_o bishopric_n by_o the_o chamber_n of_o brisac_n and_o metz._n p._n 174_o revolution_n in_o 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