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languens_fw-la &_o pain_fw-la intermoriens_fw-la plerarumque_fw-la europae_n regionum_fw-la conditio_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la duarum_fw-la partium_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la bello_fw-la implicatarum_fw-la ad_fw-la properam_fw-la huius_fw-la tractatus_fw-la conclusionem_fw-la anhelet_fw-la supramemoratus_fw-la serenissimus_a dominus_fw-la magnae_fw-la britanniae_fw-la rex_fw-la votis_fw-la &_o desideriis_fw-la praedictorum_fw-la ordinum_fw-la generalium_fw-la accedere_fw-la dignatur_fw-la ut_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la consideratio_fw-la aequali_fw-la numero_fw-la commissariorum_n ab_fw-la utraque_fw-la parte_fw-la nominandorum_fw-la referatur_fw-la eisdem_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la generalibus_fw-la spondentibus_fw-la ut_fw-la illi_fw-la quos_fw-la ipsi_fw-la nominaverint_fw-la londinum_n mittantur_fw-la ad_fw-la tractandum_fw-la cum_fw-la illis_fw-la quos_fw-la majestas_fw-la sua_fw-la britannica_fw-la pariter_fw-la à _fw-la parte_fw-la sua_fw-la deputaverit_fw-la idque_fw-la intra_fw-la 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