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after_o the_o â—nglâ—sh_n army_n go_v towards_o scotland_n y_o tantum_fw-la res_fw-la 〈◊〉_d câ—m_fw-la cue_fw-la 〈◊〉_d satellâ—ith_n 〈◊〉_d pontific_a be_v 〈◊〉_d jewel_n in_o apolog._n eccles._n anglican_n z_o the_o speedy_a and_o effectu-suppress_a error_n and_o schism_n be_v charge_v on_o he_o b_o k._n james_n his_o speech_n beforementioned_a c_o see_v the_o oxford_n declaration_n pag._n 19_o d_o in_o the_o treatise_n concerning_o the_o king_n go_v to_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o to_o surprise_v the_o five_o member_n g_o marlborougâ—_z decemb._n 1642._o h_o see_v the_o oxford_n declaration_n page_n 26._o 27._o i_o see_v the_o same_o declaration_n page_n 11._o *_o 25_o edw._n 3_o l_o sir_n edward_n cook_n his_o collection_n concerning_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o parliament_n in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o his_o institut_fw-la m_o quanquam_fw-la principes_fw-la sunt_fw-la ex_fw-la numero_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o tamen_fw-la natura_fw-la et_fw-la temporis_fw-la ratione_fw-la prius_fw-la sueâ—_z into_fw-la subditi_fw-la princ_n pes_fw-la veâ—o_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la tyrannidem_fw-la usurpârint_fw-la non_fw-la naturà _fw-la ut_fw-la patâ—es_n sed_fw-la suffragio_fw-la subditorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la constituti_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la iâ—de_fw-la illud_fw-la domini_fw-la apud_fw-la daniel_n 4._o 32._o scias_fw-la quod_fw-la dominetur_fw-la altissimus_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la homin_v they_o and_o cui_fw-la volueâ—it_fw-la dabiâ—_z illud_fw-la ex_fw-la quâ—_z sequitur_fw-la non_fw-la regum_fw-la causâ_fw-la subditos_fw-la nasci_fw-la sed_fw-la reges_fw-la commodis_fw-la subditorun_fw-la inserviâ—e_fw-la debere_fw-la bucan._n institut_fw-la theolog._n tractat._n de_fw-la magistratu_fw-la thomas_n 1_o part_n 1_o samma_fw-la theolog._n quest_n 9_o art_n 3_o and_o 4._o n_o the_o author_n of_o the_o people_n plea_n *_o aristotle_n *_o tertullian_n *_o treatise_n 26._o p_o master_n lambard_n eirenarch_n cap._n 2._o in_o his_o tract_n on_o king_n edw._n the_o three_o his_o writ_n direct_v to_o the_o high_a sheriff_n of_o kent_n for_o the_o proclaim_a peace_n where_o he_o speak_v first_o of_o uâ—iting_v mind_n then_o of_o restrain_v hand_n as_o a_o mean_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o public_a peace_n *_o see_v the_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o upon_o the_o covenant_n *_o see_v the_o covenant_n *_o pag._n 16._o demand_v 4._o q_o at_o the_o defeat_n give_v they_o by_o montrosse_n at_o kilsyth_n eveâ—_z to_o the_o ruin_v the_o state_n of_o scotland_n when_o the_o lord_n fairfax_n the_o english_a general_n and_o other_o commander_n in_o chief_a write_v to_o the_o earl_n of_o leven_n the_o scottish_a general_n that_o they_o account_v the_o calamity_n of_o scotland_n to_o be_v their_o own_o and_o will_v willing_o adventure_v their_o own_o blood_n for_o the_o scot_n as_o for_o the_o english_a till_o the_o enemy_n of_o the_o three_o kingdom_n be_v full_o vanquâ—shed_v see_v the_o breviary_n of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n r_o noli_fw-la in_fw-la caducum_fw-la parietem_fw-la inclinare_fw-la lipsius_n politic._n *_o in_fw-la sapientem_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la cadere_fw-la injuria_fw-la seneca_n Å¿_o see_v the_o exhortation_n for_o and_o touch_v the_o take_v the_o covenant_n annex_v to_o the_o covenant_n print_v 9_o february_n 1643_o t_o common_o discourse_v in_o the_o diurnal_n and_o occurrence_n print_v in_o april_n and_o may_n 1651._o *_o psal._n 19_o