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a_o better_a habit_n of_o body_n and_o as_o good_a a_o wit_n as_o a_o french_a or_o dutch_a man_n or_o woman_n and_o that_o in_o holland_n they_o pay_v as_o much_o for_o excise_n for_o meat_n and_o drink_n as_o in_o england_n be_v pay_v for_o they_o i_o will_v give_v the_o true_a reason_n why_o if_o the_o dutch_a or_o french_a get_v our_o wool_n and_o fullers-earth_n they_o may_v vend_fw-mi the_o manufacture_n cheap_a in_o foreign_a trade_n than_o the_o english_a the_o wool_n of_o derbyshire_n nottinghamshire_n leicestarshire_n warwickshire_n lincolnshire_n rutlandshire_n northamptonshire_n huntingtonshire_n hertfordshire_n etc._n etc._n be_v in_o the_o dead_a of_o the_o winter_n bring_v by_o land-carriage_n to_o norwich_n and_o colchester_n and_o even_o the_o wool_n of_o the_o sheep_n kill_v in_o london_n be_v carry_v to_o colchester_n to_o be_v wrought_v there_o and_o then_o by_o another_o land-carriage_n they_o be_v bring_v to_o london_n as_o our_o western_a clothes_n be_v and_o 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the_o french_a sell_v into_o the_o franche_fw-mi county_n of_o burgundy_n and_o take_v dole_n and_o besanzon_n but_o this_o be_v a_o barrier_n to_o the_o swiss_n against_o the_o french_a power_n as_o the_o spanish_a netherlands_o be_v to_o the_o dutch_a the_o swiss_n recall_v their_o subject_n out_o of_o the_o french_a service_n and_o order_v the_o levy_v sixty_o thousand_o man_n to_o expel_v the_o french_a out_o of_o the_o county_n of_o burgundy_n and_o now_o it_o be_v not_o time_n for_o the_o french_a king_n to_o contend_v against_o the_o triple_a league_n and_o the_o swiss_n too_o so_o he_o give_v up_o dole_n and_o besanzon_n again_o to_o the_o spaniard_n and_o withdraw_v his_o force_n out_o of_o the_o county_n thus_o be_v spain_n save_v by_o other_o when_o they_o can_v not_o help_v themselves_o the_o banish_v the_o chancellor_n clarendon_n do_v palliate_v but_o the_o triple_a league_n reconcile_v all_o difference_n between_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n as_o if_o no_o dutch_a 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