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nothing_o again_o obligat_fw-la again_o conditio_fw-la turpis_fw-la vel_fw-la impossibilis_fw-la vitiat_fw-la actum_fw-la de_fw-fr verb._n obligat_fw-la a_o condition_n evil_a or_o impossible_a make_v the_o action_n void_a our_o divine_n also_o affirm_v the_o like_a 288._o like_a si_fw-mi factum_fw-la sit_fw-la juramentum_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la nostrae_fw-la pocetatis_fw-la illâ—tâ—â—_n alsted_n caâ—â—_n c._n 15._o p._n 288._o a_o oath_n be_v unlawful_a be_v take_v concern_v thing_n which_o be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n 3._o power_n nihil_fw-la honestum_fw-la esse_fw-la pour_v quod_fw-la justicia_fw-la vacet_fw-la cicero_n offic_n lib._n 3._o it_o be_v tyranny_n say_v another_o to_o oblige_v other_o unto_o impossible_a thing_n so_o rivel_n 8_o rivel_n tyrannicum_fw-la est_fw-la ad_fw-la res_fw-la non_fw-la possibiles_fw-la aliâ—s_fw-la ad_fw-la stringere_fw-la pareus_n com._n in_o gen._n 24._o v._n 8_o no_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v constrain_v by_o 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