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good_a order_n that_o be_v in_o it_o he_o shall_v profit_v little_a retire_v from_o thence_o and_o go_v to_o besiege_v the_o castle_n of_o wlenhorst_n the_o which_o he_o force_v then_o he_o march_v before_o hollenstein_n the_o which_o yield_v by_o composition_n to_o have_v their_o good_n and_o life_n save_v from_o thence_o he_o draw_v towards_o heermalen_n the_o which_o he_o burn_v in_o the_o end_n after_o all_o these_o petty_a war_n a_o peace_n be_v conclude_v betwixt_o the_o hollander_n and_o traiectins_n by_o the_o which_o they_o of_o vtrecht_n shall_v pay_v unto_o the_o earl_n 4000_o crown_n vtrecht_n for_o his_o charge_n in_o the_o war_n and_o as_o for_o the_o siegneurie_n of_o vreeswike_n it_o be_v say_v that_o if_o the_o bishop_n and_o seven_o of_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o town_n of_o vtrecht_n do_v affirm_v by_o oath_n that_o it_o do_v right_o belong_v unto_o the_o church_n of_o saint_n martin_n in_o vtrecht_n that_o then_o the_o earl_n nor_o any_o of_o his_o successor_n 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