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A39281 S. Austin imitated, or, Retractions and repentings in reference unto the late civil and ecclesiastical changes in this nation by John Ellis. Ellis, John, 1606?-1681. 1662 (1662) Wing E590; ESTC R24312 304,032 419

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tantum_fw-la commissa_fw-la invenio_fw-la dvos_fw-la inquam_fw-la casus_fw-la horum_fw-la unus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la regnum_fw-la &_o rempublicam_fw-la evertere_fw-la conetur_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la 30._o aurel._n victor_n de_fw-fr caesarib_n sueton._n cap._n 49._o &_o cap._n 30._o si_fw-la id_fw-la ei_fw-la propositum_fw-la eaque_fw-la intentio_fw-la fuerit_fw-la ut_fw-la regnum_fw-la disperdat_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la de_fw-fr nerone_n fertur_fw-la &_o the_o caligula_n talia_n cum_fw-la rex_fw-la aliquis_fw-la meditatur_fw-la &_o molitur_fw-la serio_fw-la omnem_fw-la regnandi_fw-la curam_fw-la &_o animum_fw-la illico_fw-la abjicit_fw-la ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la imperium_fw-la in_o subditos_fw-la amittit_fw-la ut_fw-la derelict_n ut_fw-la l._n 1._o &_o ult_n d._n pro._n derelict_n dominus_fw-la servi_fw-la pro_fw-la derelicto_fw-la habiti_fw-la dominium_fw-la alter_fw-la casus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la rex_fw-la in_o alicujus_fw-la clientelam_fw-la se_fw-la contulerit_fw-la ac_fw-la regnum_fw-la quòd_fw-la liberum_fw-la à_fw-la majoribus_fw-la &_o populo_fw-la traditum_fw-la accepit_fw-la alienae_n ditioni_fw-la mancipaverit_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o instance_v in_o balliol_n king_n of_o scot_n that_o subject_v his_o crown_n and_o kingdom_n to_o edward_n the_o first_o of_o england_n then_o
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