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- Can you tell by my accent?
- Well, I can.
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- You have an accent too.
- I'm Swiss.
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So will I be soon.
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Oh? You're getting married?
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I've got some good friends
who are helping me.
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Civil servants.
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That's how I became Swiss.
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My husband worked on the railways.
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You must be a very happy woman.
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And what are you doing
in the museum?
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I want to know
everything about Switzerland.
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Well,
you're in the right section here.
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Brother Nicolas said:
"Close it up", not "tear it down".
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After the Battle of Marignano
in 1513, 15... 1515.
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- How d'you know that?
- From the warriors in the museum.
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You go to the National Museum?
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A Swiss woman has to know
all about her country.
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In 1513, the Swiss Confederates were
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at the height of their power.
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In the battle of Marignano, however,
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they succumbed to the superior forces
of the French and Venetians.
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This defeat led
to the Swiss Confederates' withdrawal
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from the international scene
:16:47
and to their stopping
their expansionist policy...
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Close up the fence!
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...and to declaring their neutrality.
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But Swiss mercenaries continued
throughout the following centuries