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the_o unite_a province_n bequeath_v unto_o he_o all_o such_o right_a as_o he_o have_v by_o election_n title_n of_o donation_n or_o otherwise_o in_o the_o duchy_n of_o brabant_n earldom_n of_o flanders_n and_o elsewhere_o in_o the_o say_v netherlands_o to_o the_o queen_n mother_n he_o give_v the_o duchy_n town_n and_o citadel_n of_o cambray_n and_o cambresis_n there_o be_v diverse_a opinion_n of_o his_o death_n and_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o poison_n which_o have_v be_v give_v he_o during_o his_o sickness_n he_o do_v nothing_o but_o bleed_v at_o diverse_a passage_n or_o vent_n until_o that_o he_o give_v up_o the_o ghost_n all_o the_o time_n that_o he_o lay_v sick_a nor_o in_o his_o extremity_n he_o will_v not_o have_v any_o priest_n to_o confess_v he_o declare_v public_o that_o he_o
the_o philosopher_n describe_v thus_o rhenus_n germanus_n bastard_n iniurius_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la nothos_fw-la infant_n subsidere_fw-la mergique_n aquis_fw-la patitur_fw-la veluti_fw-la illiciti_fw-la thori_fw-la iustus_fw-la arâ—…ter_fw-la quos_fw-la verò_fw-la legitimo_fw-la conceptos_fw-la semine_fw-la cognoverit_fw-la fluctuantes_fw-la â—…ndis_fw-la offer_v pavidaeque_fw-la matrirestituit_fw-la reddens_fw-la illi_fw-la sospitem_fw-la prolem_fw-la ceu_fw-la indubitatum_fw-la casti_fw-la atque_fw-la integri_fw-la connubij_fw-la testimonium_fw-la the_o which_o galen_n naziansene_n nâ—…nius_n and_o the_o poet_n claudian_n do_v witness_n and_o although_o that_o the_o ancients_n before_o julius_n caesar_n time_n have_v know_v but_o one_o gulf_n of_o the_o rhine_n which_o be_v that_o which_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v at_o catwyck_n yet_o after_o that_o germaniâ—…us_n go_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o frison_n cause_v the_o channel_n to_o be_v dig_v as_o far_o as_o doesbourg_n in_o gueldres_n the_o which_o do_v fall_v into_o the_o river_n of_o issel_n there_o be_v yet_o another_o which_o run_v near_o unto_o campen_n into_o the_o zuydersee_n begin_v his_o course_n at_o issel-cort_a betwixt_o the_o which_o and_o the_o gulf_n be_v the_o the_o town_n of_o doesbourg_n zutphen_n deventer_n hattem_n campen_n and_o many_o goodly_a castle_n for_o before_o they_o have_v cut_v off_o her_o course_n at_o wickter-duyrsted_n she_o have_v two_o gulf_n the_o one_o which_o run_v direct_o to_o catwick_n the_o other_o by_o one_o of_o her_o branch_n call_v the_o river_n of_o wahal_n the_o which_o join_v with_o the_o mouse_n at_o lovestein_n &_o so_o mingle_v together_o false_o into_o the_o meruve_n before_o dordrecht_n as_o we_o have_v say_v and_o run_v into_o the_o british_a sea_n near_o unto_o bryele_n and_o the_o three_o of_o this_o second_o branch_n name_v issel_n fall_v into_o the_o zuydersee_n at_o campen_n some_o learned_a man_n make_v a_o question_n whether_o holland_n 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by_o the_o river_n of_o rhine_n comprehend_v that_o which_o be_v betwixt_o the_o river_n of_o wahal_n and_o leck_n and_o then_o betwixt_o leck_n and_o the_o river_n of_o issel_n the_o other_o bank_n whereof_o be_v neither_o holland_n nor_o gueldre_n but_o ouerissel_n begin_v at_o the_o town_n of_o deventer_n cornelius_n tacitus_n in_o the_o twenty_o book_n of_o his_o history_n say_v batavi_fw-la dum_fw-la trans_fw-la rhenum_n agebant_fw-la pars_fw-la catthorum_fw-la seditione_n pulsi_fw-la extrema_fw-la gallicae_n orae_fw-la vacua_fw-la opinion_n cultoribus_fw-la simulque_fw-la insulam_fw-la rher_n rheni_n inter_fw-la vada_fw-la sitam_fw-la occupavere_fw-la whereby_o he_o free_v that_o doubt_n when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o bataviens_n do_v occupy_v the_o frontier_n of_o gaul_n belgike_n be_v water_v by_o the_o rhine_n and_o unpeople_v he_o mean_v the_o frontier_n of_o germany_n towards_o belgia_n for_o he_o add_v the_o rhine_n which_o be_v a_o river_n of_o germany_n comprehend_v this_o island_n in_o her_o circuit_n he_o say_v moreover_o that_o the_o catthe_n which_o come_v out_o of_o germany_n have_v enjoy_v this_o island_n not_o by_o the_o right_n of_o arm_n but_o by_o a_o long_a and_o quiet_a possession_n if_o tacitus_n then_o in_o his_o book_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o german_n put_v the_o mattiaques_n which_o be_v the_o zeelander_n in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o german_n how_o much_o more_o than_o shall_v the_o hollander_n be_v repute_v of_o the_o appurtenance_n of_o the_o rhine_n and_o by_o consequence_n of_o germany_n of_o which_o controversy_n that_o flood_n must_v needs_o be_v judge_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o vibius_n sequester_n in_o his_o book_n of_o flood_n and_o river_n where_o he_o say_v rhenus_n belgas_n à _fw-la germanis_fw-la separate_v tacitus_n do_v aver_v the_o same_o place_v the_o wahal_n which_o be_v the_o other_o branch_n of_o the_o rhine_n towards_o the_o south_n upon_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o belgike_a coast_n whereby_o 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colony_n with_o the_o bataviens_n and_o cananifates_n who_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o gaul_n be_v but_o a_o handful_n of_o man_n have_v defeat_v the_o roman_n camp_n what_o will_v become_v of_o they_o if_o the_o gaul_n have_v shake_v off_o their_o yoke_n will_v join_v themselves_o and_o their_o force_n with_o we_o and_o that_o we_o joint_o fall_v upon_o they_o beside_o we_o may_v say_v that_o he_o call_v the_o bataviens_n a_o part_n of_o the_o gaul_n that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o easy_o persuade_v the_o gaul_n to_o revolt_v and_o as_o be_v all_o of_o one_o nation_n to_o move_v they_o the_o soon_o to_o take_v arm_n with_o they_o against_o the_o roman_n than_o if_o they_o be_v stranger_n neither_o do_v it_o avayle_v to_o say_v to_o make_v the_o hollander_n mere_o gaules_o that_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o bald_a king_n of_o france_n have_v erect_v that_o country_n into_o a_o county_n and_o give_v it_o to_o thierry_n son_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o acquitaine_n see_v that_o the_o say_v charles_n be_v also_o emperor_n of_o germany_n and_o it_o be_v also_o most_o certain_a that_o the_o emperor_n lewis_n his_o son_n give_v unto_o the_o say_a cont_n thierry_n the_o carledome_n of_o zeeland_n neither_o can_v it_o be_v read_v that_o the_o earl_n of_o holland_n and_o zeeland_n do_v ever_o homage_n for_o their_o country_n unto_o the_o french_a king_n wherefore_o we_o will_v rather_o hold_v the_o opinion_n of_o doctor_n arian_n le_fw-fr jeune_fw-fr of_o horn_n as_o there_o be_v two_o chief_a and_o principal_a mean_n to_o lead_v a_o man_n to_o honour_n and_o to_o make_v honour_n he_o famous_a that_o be_v to_o say_v eloquence_n and_o prowess_n or_o experience_n in_o war_n reap_v by_o the_o first_o the_o ornament_n of_o peace_n and_o by_o the_o second_o avoid_v the_o danger_n which_o grow_v by_o war_n by_o the_o first_o point_n the_o hollander_n have_v never_o get_v any_o glory_n be_v heavy_a and_o dull_a among_o man_n of_o spirit_n wherefore_o they_o must_v attain_v unto_o this_o degree_n of_o honour_n the_o gift_n of_o the_o tongue_n fail_v they_o and_o purchase_v it_o by_o the_o force_n of_o their_o
the_o five_o her_o son_n be_v yet_o a_o child_n she_o marry_v again_o with_o robert_n the_o frison_n son_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o flanders_n they_o be_v chase_v out_o of_o holland_n by_o godfâ—…ey_n the_o crookebacke_n duke_n of_o lorraine_n call_v in_o by_o william_n bishop_n of_o vtrecht_n ¶_o godfrey_n be_v the_o nine_o earl_n of_o holland_n account_v gertrude_n and_o robert_n for_o two_o head_n he_o vanquish_v the_o frison_n build_v the_o town_n of_o delf_n and_o be_v slay_v in_o antwerp_n ease_v of_o himself_o ¶_o robert_n the_o frison_n be_v earl_n of_o â—…landers_n restore_v cont_n thierry_n to_o holland_n and_o zeeland_n who_o vanquish_v the_o bishop_n of_o vtrecht_n and_o take_v he_o prisoner_n he_o make_v war_n against_o the_o frison_n who_o will_v be_v free_a under_o the_o empire_n and_o defeat_v they_o his_o death_n ¶_o floris_n the_o fat_a the_o sonnâ—…_n of_o thierry_n the_o five_o the_o eleven_o earl_n of_o holland_n etc._n etc._n he_o make_v war_n against_o the_o frison_n subdue_v they_o and_o die_v have_v reign_v 30_o year_n ¶_o thierry_n the_o six_o of_o that_o name_n the_o twelve_o earl_n he_o make_v war_n against_o the_o frison_n with_o who_o floris_n the_o black_a his_o brother_n join_v these_o brother_n be_v afterward_o reconcile_v the_o earl_n of_o cuycke_o kill_v floris_n thierry_n revenge_v his_o death_n and_o besiege_v vtrecht_n the_o frison_n defeat_v by_o he_o in_o holland_n and_o then_o he_o die_v have_v reign_v forty_o year_n ¶_o floris_n the_o three_o the_o 13_o earl_n son_n to_o thierry_n the_o six_o war_n against_o the_o frison_n war_n betwixt_o the_o earl_n of_o holland_n and_o flanders_n for_o the_o island_n of_o walchren_n the_o prowâ—…sse_n of_o the_o hollander_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o damiette_n in_o which_o voyage_n the_o earl_n die_v ¶_o thierry_n the_o seven_o the_o 14_o earl_n succeed_v his_o father_n he_o be_v in_o quarrel_n with_o william_n of_o holland_n his_o brother_n who_o join_v with_o the_o frison_n but_o they_o be_v afterward_o reconcile_v die_v he_o leave_v one_o only_a daughter_n ¶_o ada_n daughter_n to_o thierry_n the_o seven_o the_o 15_o command_v in_o holland_n she_o govern_v but_o one_o year_n and_o die_v without_o child_n during_o her_o life_n she_o be_v still_o in_o war_n against_o the_o earl_n of_o eastfriseland_n her_o uncle_n who_o succeed_v she_o and_o be_v ¶_o william_n the_o first_o of_o that_o name_n the_o sixteen_o earl_n of_o holland_n the_o crown_n of_o scotland_n fall_v unto_o he_o by_o his_o mother_n but_o he_o neglect_v it_o die_v he_o have_v rule_v 19_o year_n in_o holland_n and_o 26_o in_o friesland_n ¶_o floris_n the_o four_o succcede_v william_n his_o father_n the_o seventeen_o earl_n strange_a war_n with_o the_o bishop_n of_o vtrecht_n he_o be_v slay_v at_o a_o tourney_n at_o clermont_n ¶_o william_n the_o second_o succeed_v floris_n his_o father_n be_v yet_o a_o child_n under_o the_o guard_n of_o his_o uncle_n the_o bâ—…shop_n of_o vtrecht_n he_o be_v crown_v 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