say_v luxemburgh_n this_o conquest_n be_v not_o important_a enough_o to_o employ_v a_o king_n with_o a_o army_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o men._n what_o shall_v be_v do_v then_o say_v his_o majesty_n shall_v we_o enter_v into_o the_o country_n of_o liege_n to_o force_v the_o prince_n of_o that_o diocese_n to_o lay_v down_o his_o arm_n and_o to_o submit_v himself_o to_o my_o clemency_n no_o say_v luxemburgh_n that_o expedition_n be_v more_o proper_a for_o bouffler_n than_o your_o majesty_n it_o be_v not_o glorious_a enough_o for_o a_o prince_n who_o march_v only_o to_o attack_v invincible_a place_n ha_o what_o then_o say_v his_o majesty_n thus_o sir_n say_v luxemburgh_n your_o majesty_n must_v come_v at_o the_o head_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o man_n divide_v into_o three_o body_n the_o first_o of_o which_o shall_v be_v command_v by_o your_o majesty_n have_v under_o you_o the_o mareschall_n d'_fw-fr humieres_fw-fr the_o the_o second_o shall_v be_v 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