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with_o heresy_n but_o you_o know_v my_o lord_n the_o effect_n this_o and_o the_o former_a bait_n and_o flourish_n have_v have_v for_o spain_n after_o some_o short_a disimulation_n to_o gain_v time_n declare_v for_o holland_n on_o who_o fate_n they_o well_o foresee_v that_o of_o their_o netherlands_o and_o the_o whole_a fortune_n of_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n depend_v in_o which_o resolution_n notwithstanding_o all_o the_o artifices_fw-la use_v to_o the_o contrary_a they_o be_v second_v by_o the_o emperor_n who_o then_o have_v his_o arm_n loose_v and_o by_o some_o other_o prince_n on_o that_o side_n who_o though_o they_o fail_v to_o hinder_v to_o enter_v into_o a_o alliance_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o holland_n yet_o they_o have_v meet_v since_o with_o too_o much_o success_n in_o render_v their_o conjunction_n as_o little_a hurtful_a to_o they_o as_o may_v be_v and_o of_o which_o i_o may_v in_o time_n be_v able_a to_o give_v your_o lordship_n the_o particular_n who_o be_o my_o 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