《明史·志·卷六十八》
宣德八年，赦免苏州卫被冤枉流刑发配戍边的军士一百五十九人，已经食用公粮祇令终其自身的，一千二百三十九人。
八年，免苏州卫抑配军百五十九人，已食粮止令终其身者，千二百三十九人。
In the eighth year of the Xuande era, 159 soldiers of the Suzhou Guard who had been wrongly sentenced to exile and border service were pardoned, and 1,239 who had already consumed the government's rations were ordered to serve for the rest of their lives.
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 八年，免苏州卫抑配军百五十九人，已食粮止令终其身者，千二百三十九人。 Updated: 宣德八年，赦免苏州卫被冤枉流刑发配戍边的军士一百五十九人，已经食用公粮祇令终其自身的，一千二百三十九人。 [/INST] In the eighth year of the Xuande era, 159 soldiers of the Suzhou Guard who had been wrongly sentenced to exile and border service were pardoned, and 1,239 who had already consumed the government's rations were ordered to serve for the rest of their lives.</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 八年，免苏州卫抑配军百五十九人，已食粮止令终其身者，千二百三十九人。 Updated: 宣德八年，赦免苏州卫被冤枉流刑发配戍边的军士一百五十九人，已经食用公粮祇令终其自身的，一千二百三十九人。
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In the eighth year of the Xuande era, 159 soldiers of the Suzhou Guard who had been wrongly sentenced to exile and border service were pardoned, and 1,239 who had already consumed the government's rations were ordered to serve for the rest of their lives.
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