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potestate_fw-la si_fw-la displicuit_fw-la sententia_fw-la fremitu_fw-la aspernatur_fw-la that_o their_o king_n have_v no_o infinite_a or_o arbitrary_a power_n etc._n etc._n 181._o it_o be_v not_o unworthy_a our_o consideration_n to_o recount_v with_o how_o great_a severity_n and_o strict_a discipline_n of_o law_n and_o ordiance_n both_o of_o the_o senate_n and_o common_a council_n the_o roman_n do_v provide_v against_o the_o exorbitant_a and_o imperious_a licentious_a government_n of_o their_o king_n beyond_o all_o bound_n of_o reason_n after_o the_o expulsion_n of_o tarqvinius_n superbus_n the_o last_o roman_a king_n all_o the_o citizen_n of_o rome_n assemble_v and_o conclude_v that_o their_o government_n under_o one_o who_o they_o call_v king_n shall_v for_o the_o future_a be_v settle_v on_o two_o who_o at_o first_o they_o call_v praetores_fw-la afterward_o judices_fw-la then_o consules_a p._n valerius_n who_o be_v choose_v consul_n with_o l._n brutus_n make_v a_o law_n that_o it_o 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