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infidelity_n and_o father_n robert_n a_o franciscan_a for_o commend_v the_o kill_a henry_n iii_o 426._o acknowledge_v king_n of_o france_n by_o public_a solemnity_n at_o tours_n and_o by_o the_o republic_n of_o venice_n 427._o make_n himself_o master_n of_o all_o town_n and_o fortress_n in_o normandy_n 428._o besiege_n dreux_n 440._o raise_v the_o siege_n 442._o design_n his_o form_n of_o battle_n and_o draw_v it_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n 443._o all_o arm_v on_o horseback_n visit_n and_o exhort_v his_o soldier_n with_o great_a efficacy_n and_o at_o the_o head_n of_o his_o army_n lift_v up_o his_o eye_n to_o heaven_n pray_v hearty_o 446._o his_o clemency_n towards_o the_o french_a gives_z the_o swiss_n quarter_n put_v the_o german_n that_o revolt_v to_o the_o sword_n 448._o take_v two_o hundred_o and_o four_o ensign_n and_o cornet_n with_o all_o the_o cannon_n and_o baggage_n on_o his_o side_n but_o five_o hundred_o slay_v 449._o
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