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the_o word_n of_o the_o oath_n so_o assert_v the_o king_n supremacy_n as_o exclude_v all_o other_o as_o well_o as_o the_o pope_n from_o exercise_v supreme_a power_n in_o this_o kingdom_n answ_n such_o a_o oath_n oblige_v as_o to_o the_o word_n themselves_o in_o their_o utmost_a latitude_n the_o reason_n be_v because_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o law_n though_o make_v on_o a_o particular_a occasion_n be_v general_a to_o hinder_v all_o incommodity_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n for_o the_o future_a as_o lawyer_n fetch_v not_o the_o sense_n of_o law_n from_o the_o proem_n but_o from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o statute_n so_o we_o must_v judge_v of_o the_o just_a interpretation_n of_o a_o oath_n not_o by_o the_o promise_a recognition_n or_o other_o preface_n but_o by_o the_o body_n of_o the_o oath_n itself_o p._n 208._o he_o be_v always_o perjure_a that_o intend_v not_o what_o he_o promise_v but_o he_o be_v not_o always_o perjure_v that_o perform_v not_o what_o he_o promise_v the_o bond_n be_v 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