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stuff_n and_o good_n may_v free_o depart_v as_o also_o the_o councillor_n westendorp_n nicholas_n de_fw-fr hove_n &_o the_o receiver_n of_o the_o revenue_n and_o contribution_n with_o their_o write_n and_o stuff_n as_o have_v be_v say_v and_o namely_o goswijn_n de_fw-fr manen_n the_o customer_n &_o his_o officer_n who_o may_v depart_v either_o by_o land_n or_o water_n unto_o who_o his_o excellency_n will_v give_v a_o passport_n as_o likewise_o to_o all_o commissary_n and_o officer_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n or_o the_o archduke_n without_o any_o refusal_n who_o be_v not_o to_o be_v detain_v for_o any_o cause_n or_o pretence_n whatsoever_o 5_o that_o the_o governor_n shall_v satisfy_v the_o magistrate_n and_o burgher_n for_o all_o such_o debt_n that_o he_o owe_v since_o the_o siege_n with_o the_o good_n belong_v to_o his_o highness_n arise_v of_o booty_n take_v and_o merchandise_n confiscate_v and_o find_v upon_o the_o river_n rhyne_n contrary_a to_o the_o placard_n 6_o 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the_o king_n together_o with_o his_o highness_n soldier_n may_v remain_v in_o the_o town_n till_o such_o time_n as_o they_o have_v sell_v their_o ware_n and_o afterward_o depart_v with_o the_o governor_n passport_n 11_o that_o all_o burgher_n who_o be_v willing_a to_o leave_v the_o town_n and_o dwell_v elsewhere_o may_v sell_v their_o good_n and_o horse_n within_o the_o space_n of_o â—ixe_a month_n 12_o that_o all_o religious_a person_n man_n and_o woman_n may_v free_o and_o safe_o depart_v 13_o that_o prisoner_n on_o both_o side_n shall_v be_v release_v according_a to_o this_o treaty_n the_o governor_n d._n hieronimo_n go_v his_o way_n on_o the_o first_o of_o august_n in_o the_o morning_n with_o sixteen_o ensign_n among_o who_o be_v six_o company_n of_o almain_n thirty_o horse_n eighty_o sailor_n accompany_v with_o two_o hundred_o and_o nine_o wagon_n full_a of_o stuff_n and_o hurt_v man_n leave_v the_o town_n very_o ruinous_a and_o more_o than_o one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o of_o 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