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the_o island_n of_o corsica_n 6._o the_o prince_n of_o piedmont_n be_v the_o same_o as_o the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n he_o hold_v in_o italy_n valdosta_n vercellois_n piedmont_n the_o marquisat_n of_o salluce_n the_o now_o duke_n be_v charles_n emanuel_n beside_o these_o six_o considerable_a prince_n there_o be_v some_o of_o a_o low_a form_n the_o duke_n of_o mantua_n who_o country_n be_v compass_v by_o the_o venetian_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o duchy_n of_o milan_n and_o the_o river_n of_o po_n on_o the_o other_o the_o duke_n of_o modena_n and_o rhegio_n which_o be_v a_o imperial_a fee_n hold_v by_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o family_n of_o est_fw-la or_o aâ—estini_n the_o duke_n of_o parma_n and_o placentia_n who_o beside_o that_o fee_n of_o which_o he_o be_v invest_v by_o pope_n paul_n the_o iii_o have_v or_o claim_v as_o a_o proper_a inheritance_n of_o the_o house_n farnesi_n the_o duchy_n of_o castro_n in_o tescana_n near_o rome_n out_o of_o which_o he_o be_v late_o
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