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at_o variance_n and_o in_o lieu_n thereof_o shall_v have_v the_o lordship_n of_o montpelier_n these_o thing_n be_v do_v late_a in_o the_o year_n 1375_o therefore_o let_v we_o return_v to_o castille_n king_n henry_n joy_n for_o his_o success_n be_v somewhat_o abate_v by_o the_o many_o enemy_n he_o have_v yet_o to_o enemy_n deal_v with_o for_o still_o king_n peter_n party_n be_v not_o extinct_a the_o portuguese_n have_v a_o strong_a garrison_n in_o cuida_n rodrigo_n and_o thence_o infest_a all_o the_o neighbour_a country_n this_o place_n king_n henry_n lay_v siege_n to_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o year_n 1370_o but_o the_o portuguese_n defend_v it_o so_o brave_o that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o quit_v that_o design_n for_o the_o present_a and_o march_v away_o to_o medina_n 1370_o del_fw-it campos_n here_o he_o hold_v the_o cortes_n or_o parliament_n the_o chief_a thing_n do_v at_o this_o meeting_n be_v the_o grant_n of_o a_o extraordinary_a subsidy_n towards_o the_o war._n there_o be_v 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