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principatu_fw-la nedum_fw-la regali_fw-la sed_fw-la politico_fw-la svo_fw-la populo_fw-la dominatur_fw-la regnum_fw-la sic_fw-la institui_fw-la ut_fw-la rex_fw-la non_fw-la libere_fw-la valeat_fw-la populum_fw-la tyrannide_fw-la gubernare_fw-la quod_fw-la solum_fw-la fit_a dum_fw-la potestas_fw-la regius_fw-la lege_fw-la politica_fw-la cohibetur_fw-la thus_o the_o learned_a chancellor_n fortescue_n grant_v the_o king_n of_o england_n to_o have_v regal_a or_o imperial_a power_n though_o it_o be_v under_o the_o restraint_n and_o regulation_n of_o the_o power_n political_a as_o to_o the_o exercise_n thereof_o and_o as_o a_o fountain_n that_o have_v channel_n and_o pipe_n make_v for_o it_o within_o which_o its_o water_n be_v bound_v in_o their_o passage_n and_o through_o which_o they_o be_v to_o flow_v be_v nevertheless_o as_o perfect_v a_o fountain_n and_o have_v its_o water_n as_o full_o and_o entire_o within_o itself_o as_o any_o other_o fountain_n who_o water_n flow_v from_o it_o at_o 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