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germany_n etc._n etc._n yet_o some_o affirm_v and_o those_o that_o have_v converse_v in_o the_o east_n that_o mahomet_n have_v but_o three_o son_n mustapha_n achmat_n and_o osman_n however_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o discover_v in_o jacaia_n carriage_n any_o sign_n of_o a_o imposture_n stephano_n or_o 〈◊〉_d vayvod_v of_o moldavia_n as_o he_o hold_v it_o by_o usurpation_n so_o he_o govern_v it_o with_o all_o cruelty_n and_o inhumanity_n like_o that_o tyrant_n who_o say_v open_o he_o respect_v not_o the_o love_n of_o his_o subject_n so_o they_o fear_v he_o at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d plot_v how_o to_o root_v 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o nobleman_n call_v 〈◊〉_d with_o all_o other_o of_o credit_n and_o authority_n both_o because_o they_o support_v 〈◊〉_d and_o for_o the_o jealousy_n he_o have_v of_o they_o first_o he_o empale_v lord_n 〈◊〉_d the_o princess_n widow_n her_o brother_n with_o two_o other_o chief_a noble_n and_o soon_o after_o he_o behead_v 75_o boyer_n not_o pardon_v one_o for_o all_o the_o great_a 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