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the_o seine_n without_o doubt_n he_o will_v not_o have_v do_v it_o have_v he_o follow_v his_o own_o inclination_n and_o it_o have_v be_v much_o safe_a and_o much_o easy_a to_o leave_v the_o river_n seine_n on_o the_o left_a hand_n and_o to_o march_v by_o meudon_n and_o vaugirard_n to_o encamp_v under_o the_o fauxbourg_n st._n germane_a where_o perhaps_o he_o shall_v not_o have_v be_v attack_v for_o fear_n of_o engage_v the_o parisian_n in_o his_o defence_n but_o the_o duke_n of_o orleans_n will_v by_o no_o mean_n consent_n to_o it_o not_o only_o as_o be_v represent_v to_o he_o out_o of_o fear_n of_o a_o combat_n he_o may_v see_v from_o the_o window_n of_o his_o palace_n of_o luxemburg_n but_o also_o because_o some_o persuade_v he_o that_o the_o king_n artillery_n will_v make_v a_o continual_a fire_n against_o it_o to_o force_v he_o to_o quit_v it_o thus_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o imaginary_a peril_n make_v the_o duke_n of_o orleans_n expose_v the_o prince_n of_o condeâ—s_n â—s_z life_n 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