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garonne_n to_o the_o pyrenées_n that_o be_v it_o only_o
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saone_n now_o it_o be_v esteem_v the_o capital_a oâ—_n beaujolois_n it_o have_v a_o collegiate_n church_n aâ—_n election_n a_o bayliwick_n a_o academy_n and_o â—_o granary_n of_o salt_n there_o be_v the_o first_o monastery_n of_o franciscan_n that_o be_v ever_o build_v in_o france_n belle-ville_a be_v distant_a from_o lion_n about_o 10_o league_n and_o be_v very_o nigh_o the_o saone_n the_o other_o place_n as_o pereux_n tâ—izy-reignie_a be_v but_o inconsiderable_a burough_n or_o village_n of_o bourbonnois_n bourbonnois_n burbonensis_n pagus_n have_v forez_n and_o bourgogne_n on_o the_o east_n berry_n on_o the_o west_n from_o which_o it_o be_v separate_v by_o the_o cherseoli_n auvergne_n and_o forez_n on_o the_o south_n and_o on_o the_o north_n it_o have_v nivernois_n with_o part_n of_o berry_n from_o east_n to_o west_n it_o extend_v itself_o about_o 30_o league_n and_o about_o 18_o or_o 20_o from_o south_n to_o north._n this_o country_n abound_v with_o fruit_n rye_n and_o pulse_n 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the_o bishop_n oâ—_n nevers_n to_o the_o archbishop_n of_o bourge_n or_o to_o thâ—_n bishop_n of_o clermont_n the_o loire_n the_o allier_n with_o other_o little_a river_n and_o many_o pond_n in_o this_o country_n afford_v great_a variety_n of_o fish_n to_o the_o indabitant_n it_o be_v mineral_n water_n occasion_n a_o great_a confluence_n of_o stranger_n the_o learned_a gui_n coquille_n say_v that_o bourbonnois_n consist_v at_o first_o only_o of_o bourbon_n larchambaud_n and_o some_o adjacent_a lordship_n buâ—_n that_o its_o count_n encroach_a upon_o their_o neighbour_n make_v it_o such_o a_o large_a country_n as_o it_o be_v now_o â—_o a_o image_n of_o what_o the_o french_a king_n of_o thaâ—_n family_n shall_v do_v robert_n ii_o son_n to_o lewis_n ix_o be_v the_o first_o prince_n of_o the_o royal_a blood_n oâ—_n france_n who_o bear_v the_o name_n of_o bourbon_n have_v spouse_v the_o heiress_n of_o it_o moulins_n molinae_n situate_v on_o the_o allier_n in_o a_o plain_a very_o large_a fertile_a and_o pleasant_a it_o haâ—_n that_o name_n from_o the_o
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47_o d._n 55_o m._n of_o dijonnois_n dijonnois_n divionensis_fw-la pagus_n include_v betwixt_o auxois_n la_fw-fr montagne_n franchecounty_n bresse_n and_o autunois_n it_o be_v a_o country_n extraordinary_a fruitful_a in_o corn_n and_o delicate_a wine_n the_o city_n of_o dijon_n divio_n castrum_n be_v situate_v upon_o the_o ouche_z oscara_n and_o the_o rivulet_n suzon_n in_o the_o diocese_n of_o langre_n with_o a_o parliament_n a_o chamber_n of_o account_n and_o a_o mint_n where_o money_n be_v coin_v at_o the_o letter_n p._n the_o parliament_n be_v institute_v by_o lewis_n xi_o in_o 1476_o and_o make_v sedentary_a by_o charles_n the_o viii_o in_o 1491._o before_o aurelian_a it_o be_v but_o a_o inconsiderable_a place_n which_o this_o emperor_n wall_v in_o and_o adorn_v with_o tower_n gate_n and_o temple_n it_o become_v afterward_o more_o flourish_v when_o the_o duke_n of_o burgundy_n of_o the_o royal_a blood_n of_o france_n choose_v it_o for_o their_o habitation_n and_o the_o dijonnois_n 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