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and_o crave_v his_o command_n for_o retirement_n of_o his_o army_n within_o their_o due_a and_o ancient_a bound_n letter_n be_v also_o direct_v to_o the_o public_a representative_n of_o christian_a prince_n reside_v at_o constantinople_n one_o of_o which_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o winchelsea_n his_o majesty_n ambassador_n which_o be_v that_o which_o may_v conduce_v to_o the_o more_o full_a understanding_n of_o the_o present_a deplorable_a condition_n of_o transilvania_n i_o think_v fit_a to_o be_v here_o mention_v excellentissime_fw-la domine_fw-la &_o amice_fw-la observandissime_fw-la ambassador_n afflictiones_fw-la regni_fw-la transilvaniae_fw-la quibus_fw-la per_fw-la complures_fw-la annos_fw-la justo_fw-la dei_fw-la judicio_fw-la castigatur_fw-la toti_fw-la orbi_fw-la christiano_n manifestae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nec_fw-la possumus_fw-la non_fw-la fateri_fw-la inter_fw-la duos_fw-la potentissimos_fw-la monarchas_n adeo_fw-la indy_n hoc_fw-la regâ—um_fw-la coangustari_fw-la 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annuum_fw-la persolvere_fw-la posse_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la tam_fw-la potentissimum_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la quam_fw-la supremum_fw-la vezirium_fw-la denuo_fw-la requirere_fw-la cogimur_fw-la vestram_fw-la quocirca_fw-la excellentissimam_fw-la dominationem_fw-la confidenter_fw-la rogamus_fw-la eo_fw-la quo_fw-la convenientius_fw-la putaverit_fw-la modo_fw-la continuo_fw-la nostro_fw-la oratori_fw-la opitulari_fw-la eaque_fw-la qua_fw-la pollet_fw-la authoritate_fw-la caâ—sam_fw-la promovere_fw-la ne_fw-la gravetur_fw-la rem_fw-la non_fw-la saltem_fw-la transilvaniae_fw-la verum_fw-la quoque_fw-la christianitati_fw-la perutilem_fw-la factura_fw-la nosque_fw-la ad_fw-la vincula_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la arctissâ—me_fw-la devinctura_fw-la cui_fw-la felicem_fw-la vitam_fw-la precamur_fw-la &_o manemus_fw-la indubitati_fw-la datum_n in_o castris_fw-la ad_fw-la pagum_fw-la koozard_n positis_fw-la die_v 26_o septembris_fw-la an._n dom._n 1662._o excellentissimae_fw-la dominationis_fw-la 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