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tiendront_fw-fr le_fw-fr pas_fw-fr entre_fw-fr eux_fw-fr comme_fw-fr ils_fw-fr ont_fw-fr fait_fw-fr auparavant_fw-fr surquoy_fw-fr tous_fw-fr auront_fw-fr a_fw-fr se_fw-fr régler_n souspeine_fw-fr de_fw-fr la_fw-fr pert_a de_fw-fr la_fw-fr faveur_fw-fr royal_a et_fw-fr si_fw-fr quelqu'n_n contre_fw-fr toute_fw-fr esperance_fw-fr se_fw-fr trouve_fw-fr de_fw-fr propre_fw-fr authorité_fw-fr qui_fw-fr face_n quelque_fw-fr choose_v contre_fw-fr cette_fw-fr ordonnance_n payera_fw-fr tout_fw-fr aussitost_fw-fr qu'il_fw-fr sera_fw-fr convaincu_fw-mi d'un_fw-fr tel_fw-fr crime_n l'amande_fw-fr de_fw-fr mille_fw-fr reicsthaler_n et_fw-fr outre_fw-fr sera_fw-fr poursuive_fw-mi par_fw-fr le_fw-fr general_n fiscal_v du_fw-fr roy_fw-fr comme_fw-fr violateur_fw-fr des_fw-fr ordres_n royaux_fw-fr fait_fw-fr à _fw-fr copenhag_fw-mi le_fw-fr 31_o decembre_v 1680._o chap._n xii_o the_o disposition_n and_o inclination_n of_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n towards_o his_o neighbour_n the_o kingdom_n and_o state_n which_o border_n upon_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n be_v towards_o the_o north_n and_o northeast_n the_o territory_n belong_v to_o sweden_n towards_o the_o south_n the_o duke_n of_o holstein_n part_n of_o sleswick_n and_o holstein_n the_o city_n of_o hamburg_n and_o the_o duchy_n of_o bremen_n towards_o the_o west_n and_o southwest_n england_n and_o scotland_n which_o be_v separate_v from_o they_o by_o the_o main_a ocean_n towards_o the_o southeast_n the_o dukedom_n of_o saxe_n lawenburg_n of_o mecklenburg_n and_o of_o lunenburg_n the_o dominion_n of_o brandenburg_n etc._n etc._n lie_v also_o this_o way_n not_o far_o distant_a from_o they_o between_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n and_o most_o of_o these_o neighbour_n it_o may_v be_v say_v in_o general_a that_o there_o always_o be_v a_o reciprocal_a jealousy_n and_o distrust_n which_o often_o break_v out_o into_o open_a hostility_n with_o those_o near_a more_o frequent_o with_o the_o remote_a more_a seldom_o according_a as_o the_o 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