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common-people_n there_o be_v never_o any_o certainty_n but_o if_o fawn_v and_o hosanna_n go_v before_o there_o follow_v in_o the_o rear_n nothing_o but_o crucifige_n ruin_n shame_n and_o dishonour_v chapter_n the_o three_o xix_o an._n dom._n 1358._o an._n regni_fw-la angliae_fw-la xxxii_o francia_fw-la xix_o the_o content_n i._o king_n edward_n solemnise_n the_o festival_n of_o st._n george_n at_o windsor_n in_o a_o most_o extraordinary_a manner_n ii_o a_o treaty_n set_v on_o foot_n between_o king_n edward_n and_o king_n john_n in_o order_n to_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o latter_a but_o it_o be_v dash_v iii_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o jaquery_n in_o france_n with_o a_o account_n of_o their_o horrid_a cruelty_n and_o final_a extirpation_n iv_o discord_n between_o the_o king_n of_o navarre_n and_o the_o dauphin_n and_o between_o the_o dauphin_n and_o the_o provost_n of_o paris_n v._o the_o king_n and_o duke_n reconcile_v but_o the_o provost_n continue_v plot_v vi_o the_o english_a 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