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known for helping the common people, and to provide medical prescriptions. Ye is said to have commanded troops in battle on the basis of communications with Lü. Some unsympathetic observers account for his inadequate preparations, misplaced confidence, and the ease with which the
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where he died a year later of sickness at Tolly Gunge just outside
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rushed to rescue the crew and sent a note to Ye demanding compensation for the seizure (it later emerged that Parkes was aware that the ship's registration had expired). Parkes and Sir
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