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people_n in_o divers_a parliament_n hold_v heretofore_o will_v to_o ordain_v remedy_n for_o the_o great_a damage_n and_o mischief_n which_o have_v happen_v and_o daily_o do_v happen_v by_o the_o say_a cause_n etc._n etc._n by_o the_o assent_n of_o all_o the_o great_a man_n and_o commonalty_n of_o his_o say_a realm_n have_v ordain_v and_o establish_v etc._n etc._n in_o which_o preamble_n of_o the_o statute_n we_o may_v observe_v 1._o the_o intolerable_a grievance_n and_o burden_n which_o be_v occasion_v by_o the_o illegal_a encroachment_n of_o the_o see_v of_o rome_n 2._o the_o many_o complaint_n the_o people_n have_v make_v who_o in_o those_o dark_a time_n under_o popery_n be_v sensible_a of_o groan_v under_o those_o burden_n 3._o the_o endeavour_n use_v in_o vain_a by_o former_a parliament_n to_o redress_v the_o same_o and_o to_o bring_v their_o law_n in_o be_v to_o have_v their_o force_n and_o effect_n 4._o the_o acknowledgement_n of_o the_o king_n and_o parliament_n that_o the_o 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