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haveinvaded our land seeking to
devour us. Think, too, of our
forefathers, who were ever men of
war, and eager to win fame for their
fatherland, like the worthy and valiant
Emperor Otho I. of Saxony and the
open-hearted Henry I. and Conradin I,
the second and the third and the fourth
emperors who bore the name of
Henry, the good Barbarossa, Frederic
I, Henry V of Swabia, Otho IV of
Saxony, and divers others». Meantime
the Patriarch of Aquileia went about
amongst the soldiers blessing them and
pardoning everyone his sins, exhorting
all to fight valiantly and thus win the
victory. __
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