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which_o be_v to_o be_v eat_v and_o other_o necessary_n but_o shall_v in_o all_o thing_n be_v entreat_v like_o other_o of_o the_o estate_n soldier_n 13_o that_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o say_a town_n shall_v be_v pay_v their_o entertainment_n every_o month_n payment_n which_o money_n her_o majesty_n shall_v cause_v to_o be_v bring_v unto_o the_o same_o town_n and_o that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o soldier_n shall_v not_o be_v great_a than_o the_o number_n of_o the_o garrison_n be_v six_o month_n before_o the_o deliver_v over_o of_o the_o say_a town_n and_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v think_v any_o wrong_n if_o it_o happen_v that_o the_o say_v pay_v be_v sometime_o bring_v eight_o or_o ten_o day_n after_o the_o time_n of_o payment_n due_a 14_o that_o the_o governor_n and_o soldier_n of_o the_o garrison_n of_o the_o say_a town_n shall_v have_v the_o religion_n free_a exercise_n of_o religion_n as_o it_o be_v now_o use_v in_o england_n and_o to_o that_o end_n in_o every_o of_o the_o say_a town_n they_o shall_v have_v a_o church_n appoint_v for_o they_o 15_o that_o the_o say_a garrison_n shall_v be_v use_v as_o other_o garrison_n that_o have_v lie_v there_o before_o they_o victual_n have_v be_v as_o well_o for_o their_o lodging_n as_o victual_n and_o the_o estate_n shall_v take_v order_n that_o they_o shall_v have_v victual_n at_o as_o reasonable_a price_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o say_a town_n have_v and_o shall_v have_v powder_n march_n and_o bullet_n in_o like_a quantity_n as_o the_o garrison_n before_o they_o have_v heretofore_o have_v and_o as_o other_o soldier_n in_o other_o garrison_n usual_o have_v 16_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o her_o majesty_n beside_o the_o governor_n general_a that_o shall_v be_v estate_n there_o to_o appoint_v two_o of_o her_o subject_n to_o sit_v in_o the_o counsel_n of_o estate_n be_v man_n of_o good_a quality_n and_o professor_n of_o the_o true_a christian_n religion_n and_o also_o in_o the_o marshal_n court_n as_o 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new_o erect_v this_o request_n be_v present_v unto_o the_o commander_n who_o be_v then_o in_o duyveland_n he_o be_v much_o trouble_v cry_v out_o dâ—…os_fw-la nos_fw-la libra_fw-la de_fw-la estos_fw-la estado_n and_o so_o come_v present_o to_o antwerp_n where_o he_o make_v know_v the_o reason_n why_o he_o have_v assemble_v the_o estate_n which_o be_v to_o have_v money_n and_o they_o present_v he_o a_o petition_n whereunto_o he_o make_v answer_v that_o he_o will_v do_v his_o best_a endeavour_v to_o persuade_v the_o king_n to_o yield_v to_o their_o desire_n while_o that_o the_o spaniard_n be_v at_o work_n before_o ziricxzee_n the_o protestant_n be_v not_o idle_a in_o holland_n for_o the_o 11._o of_o february_n holland_n 1576._o they_o take_v a_o great_a fort_n call_v crimpen_a in_o the_o gulf_n of_o the_o river_n of_o leck_n by_o the_o which_o they_o do_v warrant_v all_o place_n betwixt_o dordrecht_n and_o rotterdam_n after_o the_o take_n of_o schoonhoven_n the_o signior_n of_o hierges_n 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