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of_o andegavum_n there_o be_v some_o ancient_a ruin_n which_o be_v common_o call_v grohan_n here_o they_o say_v that_o the_o roman_n do_v heretofore_o build_v a_o theatre_n and_o some_o of_o the_o wall_n do_v yet_o remain_v and_o great_a store_n of_o old_a coin_n be_v dig_v forth_o beside_o other_o county_n baronnies_n and_o signiory_n these_o four_o county_n do_v homage_n and_o fealty_n to_o this_o dukedom_n maine_n maine_n vendosme_n beaufort_n and_o la_fw-fr val_n of_o which_o we_o will_v entreat_v in_o order_n the_o county_n of_o maine_n common_o call_v conté_fw-fr de_fw-fr maine_n be_v the_o first_o in_o ptolemy_n time_n the_o cenomanians_n do_v inhabit_v this_o country_n and_o the_o province_n of_o the_o cenomanians_n be_v inhabit_v as_o soon_o as_o any_o other_o part_n of_o france_n the_o bound_n thereof_o be_v heretofore_o long_o than_o they_o be_v now_o which_o may_v be_v gather_v by_o that_o which_o livy_n polybius_n and_o justine_n have_v deliver_v concern_v the_o 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mountain_n shall_v for_o ever_o belong_v to_o normandy_n and_o to_o the_o country_n of_o the_o cenomanians_n and_o andegavians_n in_o consideration_n whereof_o 1500._o crown_n be_v to_o be_v pay_v unto_o he_o john_n king_n of_o france_n give_v andium_fw-la and_o the_o county_n of_o the_o cenomanians_n to_o his_o second_o son_n ludovick_n the_o letter_n patent_n of_o this_o donation_n or_o gift_n date_v 1360._o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o king_n roll_n after_o ludovick_n there_o succeed_v ludovick_n the_o second_o his_o son_n and_o ludovick_n the_o three_o his_o nephew_n these_o three_o be_v king_n of_o naples_n ludovick_n the_o three_o die_v without_o issue_n his_o brother_n renatus_n succeed_v after_o he_o who_o jeane_a queen_n of_o naples_n the_o second_o of_o that_o name_n do_v make_v her_o heir_n both_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n and_o of_o the_o county_n of_o province_n renatus_n have_v by_o isabeâ—l_n the_o daughter_n of_o charles_n the_o bold_a his_o son_n john_n duke_n 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