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custom_n require_v shall_v be_v do_v in_o cense_v fume_a proceed_v and_o offer_v aswell_o the_o prince_n as_o the_o say_a sir_n richard_n but_o it_o be_v undertake_v and_o perform_v with_o much_o exactness_n beside_o the_o prince_n sword_n be_v bear_v and_o hold_v before_o his_o stall_n and_o his_o herald_n perform_v his_o service_n with_o all_o â—â—â—â—gence_n also_o the_o sovereign_n herald_n stand_v all_o the_o while_n before_o the_o sovereign_n stall_n which_o be_v adorn_v with_o accustom_a ornament_n and_o last_o the_o 174._o bishop_n who_o celebrate_v divine_a service_n have_v his_o seat_n erect_v near_o to_o the_o high_a altar_n but_o the_o public_a memorial_n of_o sir_n henry_n sydney_n hold_v two_o several_a feast_n of_o st._n george_n the_o one_o at_o shrewsbury_n and_o the_o other_o at_o ludlow_n be_v worthy_a of_o a_o place_n here_o since_o these_o two_o corporation_n have_v cause_v they_o to_o be_v conspicuous_o record_v in_o their_o town_n hall_n and_o from_o whence_o i_o 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through_o france_n to_o bourdeux_n and_o there_o he_o arrive_v about_o christmas_n in_o which_o voyage_n though_o the_o french_a dare_v not_o fight_v he_o and_o all_o the_o way_n avoid_v the_o hazard_n of_o a_o battle_n yet_o through_o the_o scarcity_n of_o victual_n many_o die_v not_o to_o mention_v the_o loss_n of_o 183_o 30000_o horse_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o follow_a summer_n at_o the_o cit_fw-la pope_n instance_n a_o truce_n be_v make_v by_o this_o duke_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o anjou_n to_o continue_v till_o the_o last_o of_o august_n wherein_o it_o be_v agree_v that_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o 409._o september_n there_o shall_v meet_v in_o picardy_n on_o the_o english_a part_n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n and_o other_o commissioner_n to_o treat_v of_o peace_n with_o the_o duke_n of_o anjou_n and_o other_o on_o the_o french_a part_n where_o also_o the_o pope_n legate_n shall_v appear_v as_o mediator_n and_o in_o pursuance_n thereof_o the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n take_v 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