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french_a king_n make_v war_n in_o arthois_n the_o battle_n of_o hinge_n the_o ganthois_n revolt_n hulst_n surprise_v by_o the_o ganthois_n dixmuyden_n take_v from_o the_o ganthois_n charles_n duke_n of_o gelder_n deliver_v out_o of_o prison_n 1492._o the_o fury_n of_o the_o peasant_n at_o harlem_n the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n come_v into_o holland_n he_o punish_v harlem_n and_o alcmar_n the_o duke_n besiege_v scluse_n gand_fw-mi submit_v to_o the_o duke_n the_o duke_n ruin_v the_o faction_n in_o holland_n and_o zeeland_n the_o duke_n of_o saxony_n seek_v a_o occasion_n to_o oppress_v the_o fâ—…sons_n 1493._o the_o duke_n troop_n spoil_v gelder_n the_o emperor_n frederic_n die_v the_o emperor_n send_v to_o pacify_v the_o trouble_n of_o friesland_n the_o groningeois_n send_v to_o the_o emperor_n the_o same_o commissioner_n send_v into_o friesland_n by_o the_o emperor_n maximilian_n 1494._o a_o assembly_n of_o the_o state_n of_o friesland_n a_o new_a potestate_fw-la choose_v in_o 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