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about_o his_o house_n p._n 88_o he_o be_v depose_v p._n 89_o mock-sieges_n in_o the_o thuellery_n p._n 4_o soldier_n ravish_v a_o young_a wench_n and_o set_v fire_n to_o the_o house_n p._n 161_o sewell_n a_o englishman_n a_o prisoner_n in_o the_o bastille_fw-fr p._n 290_o make_v his_o escape_n p._n 291_o stetin_n block_v up_o p._n 83._o be_v besiege_v p._n 84_o be_v force_v to_o surrender_v p._n 85_o t._n the_o earl_n of_o tyrconnel_n p._n 153_o 154_o the_o earl_n of_o torrington_n admiral_n of_o england_n p_o 168_o he_o choose_v rather_o to_o quit_v his_o place_n at_o court_n than_o to_o change_v his_o religion_n ibid._n the_o count_n de_fw-fr tourville_n vice-admiral_n of_o france_n enter_v breast_n p_o 171_o treaty_n betwixt_o france_n and_o cromwell_n p._n 12_o a_o treatise_n of_o the_o bastille_fw-fr promise_v to_o be_v publish_v p._n 361_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr turenne_n p._n 74._o he_o pursue_v the_o elector_n of_o brandenburg_n p._n 75._o a_o great_a general_n p._n 77_o v._n 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