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to_o enter_v who_o send_v much_o of_o the_o meal_n that_o they_o find_v there_o into_o annone_n and_o much_o whereof_o during_o the_o siege_n be_v carry_v into_o the_o castle_n about_o which_o caracena_n not_o willing_a to_o busy_v himself_o especial_o since_o he_o have_v send_v back_o the_o cannon_n into_o alessandria_n he_o send_v colonel_n stoz_fw-fr with_o great_a part_n of_o his_o man_n to_o oppose_v a_o body_n of_o horse_n which_o be_v send_v by_o plessis_n and_o villa_n to_o relieve_v the_o besiege_a place_n which_o relief_n be_v repulss_v by_o stoz_fw-fr caracena_n pass_v on_o to_o rivalta_n in_o montferrate_n where_o he_o fall_v to_o lay_v the_o country_n waste_n as_o well_o to_o feed_v his_o horse_n with_o the_o unripe_a corn_n as_o to_o incommodiate_v the_o succorer_n in_o their_o march_n as_o much_o as_o he_o can_v 800_o neapolitan_n horse_n be_v at_o this_o time_n come_v unto_o the_o camp_n which_o the_o governor_n send_v to_o pozzvolo_n and_o the_o part_n adjacent_a 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1300_o and_o be_v convoy_v to_o rivatella_n whither_o the_o prince_n be_v retreat_v the_o prince_n retreat_v some_o day_n after_o towards_o asti_n and_o in_o his_o passage_n much_o prejudice_v the_o part_n of_o the_o sâ—…ate_n of_o milan_n through_o which_o he_o go_v the_o soldier_n sack_v the_o noble_a rich_a temple_n and_o covent_n del_fw-it bosco_n erect_v former_o by_o pope_n pius_n the_o five_o who_o be_v bear_v there_o and_o have_v endow_v it_o with_o many_o â—…ich_a revenueâ—…_n and_o have_v furnish_v the_o vestry_n wonderful_a rich_o the_o prince_n lie_v idle_a with_o his_o army_n some_o day_n in_o l'astigiana_fw-la to_o refresh_v they_o and_o find_v how_o prejudicial_a it_o will_v be_v to_o make_v any_o acquisition_n in_o the_o state_n of_o millian_n he_o think_v it_o will_v be_v better_a to_o recâ—…ver_v the_o town_n of_o piedmont_n which_o weâ—…e_v yet_o hold_v by_o the_o spaniard_n and_o to_o join_v with_o other_o force_n which_o the_o dowager_n then_o raise_v to_o 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