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Erat civitas parva, et pauci in ea viri: venit contra eam rex magnus, et vallavit eam, instruxitque munitones per gyrum, et perfecta est obsidio; inventusque est in ea vir pauper et sapiens, et liberavit eam per sapientiam suam; et nullus deinceps recordatus est huminis illius pauperis.
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Interea dum h鎐 obsidio ageretur 200. naues Christianorum nauigio Ioppen appuls� sunt, vt adorarent in Hierusalem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The small Church of the Citadel is now dedicated to that saint, an inscription on the wall stating that it takes the place of the larger church, _ex urbis obsidio anno 1674 lapsae_, and offering an indulgence of 100 days for every visit paid to it, with the sensible proviso _una duntaxat vice per diem.
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In 1629, he printed at William Blaeu's the History of the Siege of Grolla: _Grollæ obsidio cum annexis anni 1627_.
The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works Jean L��vesque de Burigny 1738
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Erat civitas parva, et pauci in ea viri: venit contra eam rex magnus, et vallavit eam, instruxitque munitones per gyrum, et perfecta est obsidio; inventusque est in ea vir pauper et sapiens, et liberavit eam per sapientiam suam; et nullus deinceps recordatus est huminis illius pauperis.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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Interea dum hæc obsidio ageretur 200. naues Christianorum nauigio Ioppen appulsæ sunt, vt adorarent in Hierusalem.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Croisades tom.i. p. 63.] [Footnote 49: Unius enim duum, trium seu quatuor oppidorum dominos quis numeret? quorum tanta fuit copia, ut non vix totidem Trojana obsidio coegisse putetur.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Luc. d’Acheri, tom.iv. and quoted in the Esprit des Croisades tom.i. p. 63.] 49 Unius enim duum, trium seu quatuor oppidorum dominos quis numeret? quorum tanta fuit copia, ut non vix totidem Trojana obsidio coegisse putetur.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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