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and_o happy_a prince_n charles_n the_o emperor_n and_o his_o brother_n ferdinand_n and_o his_o son_n i_o think_v that_o such_o as_o be_v of_o judgement_n and_o have_v experience_n in_o matter_n will_v not_o stick_v either_o to_o acquit_v i_o of_o the_o mischief_n and_o inconvenience_n that_o have_v happen_v in_o the_o say_a country_n and_o of_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o apparaâ—…_n felicity_n thereof_o into_o extreme_a bonâ—…age_n penury_n and_o wretchedness_n or_o to_o charge_v the_o say_a cardinal_n with_o they_o who_o man_n go_v about_o to_o set_v up_o again_o in_o authority_n by_o the_o overthrow_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o country_n in_o recompense_n not_o of_o any_o good_a seruis_fw-la of_o his_o for_o the_o which_o have_v he_o do_v never_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a good_a turn_n he_o and_o he_o have_v sufficient_o cut_v out_o their_o own_o share_n already_o without_o leave_v any_o part_n to_o the_o discretion_n of_o the_o king_n majesty_n but_o of_o the_o 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