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saviour_n chap._n 6._o ¶_o the_o massacre_n of_o bruse_n in_o which_o be_v murder_v to_o the_o number_n of_o 27._o person_n these_o wretched_a murderer_n be_v not_o content_v in_o the_o place_n abovenamed_a which_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o lord_n grison_n at_o tyrane_n tell_v sondres_n monte_fw-fr di_fw-fr sondrio_n berbenno_n and_o malenco_n to_o have_v massacre_v so_o many_o person_n who_o fear_v god_n honourable_a noble_a learned_a wise_a and_o sober_a of_o authority_n and_o reverence_n young_a and_o old_a man_n woman_n yea_o even_o their_o next_o alliance_n straight_a friend_n and_o kinsfolk_n by_o shoot_v they_o by_o throw_v they_o headlong_o from_o mountain_n by_o ston_a they_o by_o hew_v they_o in_o piece_n by_o cast_v they_o in_o river_n by_o burn_v by_o mangle_v they_o and_o by_o all_o cruel_a mean_n make_v they_o away_o but_o they_o also_o execute_v the_o like_a cruelty_n in_o retia_fw-la itself_o the_o country_n of_o their_o natural_a lord_n and_o commander_n for_o 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