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hinder_v that_o all_o these_o estate_n which_o the_o want_n of_o representation_n expose_v to_o too_o frequent_a change_n shall_v not_o be_v so_o easy_o separate_v by_o the_o diversity_n of_o custom_n we_o have_v now_o no_o more_o need_n of_o witness_n habemus_fw-la fatentem_fw-la reum_fw-la and_o we_o ought_v also_o to_o infer_v thereupon_o that_o the_o right_n of_o devolution_n be_v much_o more_o subject_a to_o produce_v these_o over_o frequent_a change_n then_o the_o want_n of_o representation_n since_o that_o the_o sanction_n will_v introduce_v the_o latter_a for_o this_o cause_n only_o it_o be_v not_o credible_a that_o its_o intention_n be_v that_o the_o prince_n shall_v be_v subject_a to_o the_o other_o 163._o pâ—g_v 163._o be_v the_o same_o reason_n do_v more_o powerful_o serve_v to_o destroy_v the_o devolution_n in_o the_o sovereign_a succession_n than_o it_o do_v to_o establish_v the_o representation_n in_o it_o in_o fine_a they_o stumble_v at_o every_o step_n and_o it_o 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custom_n have_v they_o believe_v that_o they_o be_v subject_a unto_o it_o as_o other_o be_v we_o shall_v be_v yet_o more_o confirm_v in_o this_o opinion_n if_o we_o consider_v that_o far_o from_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o dismember_v any_o of_o those_o province_n by_o virtue_n of_o such_o a_o custom_n they_o unite_v they_o together_o by_o a_o inseparable_a concatenation_n by_o a_o sanction_n establish_v by_o the_o supreme_a authority_n and_o receive_v by_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o all_o the_o people_n so_o that_o it_o have_v pass_v ever_o since_o that_o time_n and_o be_v still_o hold_v at_o present_a to_o be_v a_o fundamental_a law_n i_o will_v satisfy_v in_o the_o follow_a part_n of_o this_o article_n some_o light_a scruple_n which_o the_o author_n of_o this_o write_v form_n thereupon_o in_o this_o place_n it_o shall_v suffice_v i_o to_o deduce_v from_o it_o a_o evident_a argument_n that_o the_o intention_n both_o of_o the_o sovereign_n and_o the_o people_n have_v be_v much_o 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