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rodenrijs_fw-la etc._n etc._n advocate_n and_o keeper_n of_o the_o great_a seal_n charter_n and_o register_n of_o holland_n and_o east_n frizland_n the_o lord_n james_n of_o malderee_n knight_n lord_n of_o heyes_n etc._n etc._n chief_a man_n represent_v the_o nobility_n in_o the_o estate_n and_o council_n of_o the_o county_n of_o zealand_n the_o lord_n justus_n of_o rysenbourg_n chief_a burgomaster_n of_o the_o city_n of_o vtrecht_n truco_n de_fw-fr oennama_n justice_n of_o shooterland_n the_o lord_n earnest_a of_o ittersum_fw-la drossard_n of_o tgo_v and_o abel_n coender_v of_o helpen_n lord_n of_o faenand_n cantes_fw-la on_o the_o part_n of_o the_o say_a lord_n general_a state_n first_o that_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o unite_a netherlands_n province_n come_v into_o the_o territory_n and_o province_n under_o the_o archduke_n obedience_n shall_v have_v and_o enjoy_v govern_v themselves_o according_a to_o the_o above_o mention_v treaty_n the_o same_o liberty_n as_o the_o king_n of_o 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