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than_o good_a 232._o good_a verè_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la magistratum_fw-la legem_fw-la esse_fw-la loquentem_fw-la legem_fw-la autem_fw-la mutum_fw-la esse_fw-la magistratum_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la igitur_fw-la opus_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la quorum_fw-la prudentia_fw-la &_o diligentia_fw-la civitas_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la stare_n cic._n de_fw-fr leg._n p._n 232._o law_n which_o we_o know_v be_v but_o dead_a letter_n without_o the_o magistrate_n execution_n of_o they_o 959._o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la lib._n 12._o fol_z 951._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lb._n f_o 959._o and_o therefore_o plato_n in_o his_o commonwealth_n appoint_v that_o the_o conservator_n of_o the_o law_n who_o chief_a care_n be_v to_o promote_v virtue_n shall_v be_v such_o man_n as_o be_v eminent_a for_o virtue_n and_o elaboravit_fw-la and_o cum_fw-la leges_fw-la omnes_fw-la vel_fw-la optimae_fw-la absque_fw-la probatissimis_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la 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