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game_n or_o drink_v after_o taptoe_n to_o the_o provoe'_v the_o general_n be_v much_o displease_v at_o such_o disorder_n by_o mean_n of_o which_o a_o great_a many_o irregular_a thing_n be_v do_v especial_o plunder_v and_o rob_v of_o tent_n which_o yet_o be_v continue_v though_o several_a be_v make_v example_n to_o the_o very_a end_n of_o the_o campaign_n it_o be_v also_o order_v that_o a_o account_n of_o all_o those_o that_o be_v kill_v and_o wound_v since_o our_o come_n to_o this_o town_n shall_v be_v return_v to_o the_o adjutant_n general_n which_o be_v about_o sixty_o kill_v and_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o wound_v and_o that_o the_o general_n may_v leave_v nothing_o unattempted_a which_o may_v contribute_v to_o the_o bring_v the_o enemy_n over_o by_o fair_a mean_n he_o settle_a allowance_n of_o subsistance_n to_o all_o person_n that_o will_v come_v off_o according_a to_o their_o several_a qualification_n viz._n colonel_n of_o horse_n and_o dragoon_n 11_o l._n 10_o s._n per_fw-la 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