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distress_v their_o camp_n and_o to_o break_v their_o strength_n which_o they_o have_v make_v with_o their_o cart_n for_o there_o they_o that_o before_o have_v flee_v from_o the_o battle_n do_v not_o only_o put_v themselves_o in_o force_n and_o valiant_o fight_v it_o out_o but_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n also_o fight_v for_o their_o life_n to_o the_o death_n be_v all_o slay_v and_o the_o battle_n be_v scant_o end_v at_o midnight_n now_o if_o the_o act_n of_o this_o victory_n be_v famous_a unto_o that_o he_o also_o add_v a_o other_o as_o notable_a or_o exceed_v it_o for_o of_o all_o the_o barbarous_a people_n that_o have_v escape_v from_o this_o battle_n he_o gather_v together_o again_o above_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o they_o and_o compel_v they_o to_o return_v home_o into_o their_o country_n which_o they_o have_v forsake_v and_o unto_o their_o town_n also_o which_o they_o have_v burn_v because_o he_o fear_v the_o german_n will_v come_v over_o the_o river_n of_o rheyne_n fl_fw-mi 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