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of_o it_o conquer_v by_o the_o visigoth_n another_o part_n by_o the_o burgundian_n and_o the_o remainder_n by_o the_o french_a 3_o 4_o etc._n etc._n gautier_n de_fw-fr bevierre_fw-fr cross_v himself_o for_o the_o holy_a land_n 260_o gauzzelin_n abbot_n of_o st._n german_a des_fw-fr prez_n 145_o gedoin_n abbot_n of_o st._n victor_n 276_o geffroy_n plantagenest_n earl_n of_o anjou_n marry_v the_o king_n of_o england_n daughter_n 239_o quarrel_n with_o his_o father_n in_o law_n 240_o dispossess_v in_o part_n of_o his_o duchy_n of_o normandy_n ib._n geffroy_n martel_n earl_n of_o anjou_n 216_o besieges_n and_o take_v the_o city_n of_o tours_n a_o act_n of_o piety_n ib._n geoffrey_n martel_n quit_v the_o world_n and_o shut_v himself_o up_o in_o a_o monastery_n 217_o geoffrey_n the_o beard_a 217_o geoffrey_n martel_n ib._n gefrey_n brother_n of_o henry_n king_n of_o england_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o nantes_n his_o death_n 247_o geffrey_n of_o bretagne_n take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o 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lotaire_n her_o son_n 184_o gerbert_n elect_a archbishop_n of_o rheims_n very_o skilful_a in_o
228_o etc._n etc._n saint_n amour_n william_n great_a quarrel_n with_o the_o order_n of_o the_o friar_n mendicant_n 307_o saintonge_n the_o subject_n of_o a_o great_a war._n 208_o saladin_n king_n of_o egypt_n tear_n the_o holy_a city_n of_o jerusalem_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o christian_n 254_o saliens_fw-la ancient_a people_n of_o the_o french_a 7_o solomon_n seize_v on_o the_o kingdom_n of_o bretagne_n 140_o his_o unhappy_a end_n 144_o sanc_fw-la first_o of_o the_o hereditary_a duke_n of_o gascongne_n 137_o sanche_n duke_n of_o castille_n make_v a_o peace_n with_o the_o king_n of_o france_n 323_o saracen_n become_v mahometan_n 59_o saracen_n of_o africa_n become_v the_o master_n of_o spain_n 77_o saracen_n pass_v from_o spain_n into_o france_n and_o make_v some_o conquest_n there_o 80_o they_o enter_v into_o languedoc_n and_o destroy_v all_o that_o country_n 83_o wherefore_o call_v moor_n 83_o they_o overrun_v all_o provence_n and_o lay_v it_o waste_v ib._n torment_v 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france_n who_o voluntary_o renounce_v their_o benefice_n for_o this_o cause_n 229_o simplicity_n too_o great_a in_o a_o prince_n 167_o sobrarve_v a_o little_a territory_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o arragon_n 125_o sorabe_n reduce_v to_o reason_n 121_o spencer_n hugh_n father_n and_o son_n favourite_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n 351_o etc._n etc._n their_o unhappy_a end_n 352_o stilicon_n massacre_v 4_o succession_n of_o male_n to_o the_o crown_n by_o preference_n to_o the_o female_n 346_o suede_n embrace_v the_o christian_a religion_n 110_o suevi_n overrun_v and_o ravage_v gaul_n and_o then_o pass_v into_o spain_n 270_o swiss_n their_o generous_a conspiracy_n against_o the_o oppression_n of_o the_o lieutenant_n of_o the_o house_n of_o austria_n 334_o t._n tanchelin_n his_o error_n church_n of_o the_o twelve_o age._n tancred_n son_n of_o rebert_n guischard_v 224_o tancred_n cause_n great_a discord_n between_o the_o king_n of_o france_n and_o england_n 256_o tartar_n make_v their_o 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