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<table>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>a variable-height box within the area defined by the left margin
and adjacent to the bottom of the top-left-corner.</td>
<td rowspan="3"> </td>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>a variable-height box within the area defined by the left margin
and adjacent to the bottom of the top-left-corner.</td>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>a variable-height box within the area defined by the left margin
and adjacent to the bottom of the top-left-corner.</td>

<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>a variable-height box within the area defined by the left margin
and adjacent to the bottom of the top-left-corner.</td>
<td rowspan="3"> </td>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>a variable-height box within the area defined by the left margin
and adjacent to the bottom of the top-left-corner.</td>
<tr>
<td>test</td>
<td>a variable-height box within the area defined by the left margin
and adjacent to the bottom of the top-left-corner.</td>
</table>