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the_o splendour_n maintain_v the_o name_n and_o perpetuate_v the_o line_n of_o they_o though_o this_o benefit_n in_o some_o sort_n do_v redound_v to_o the_o good_a of_o the_o state_n it_o be_v but_o by_o a_o indirect_a reflection_n and_o by_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o private_a to_o the_o public_a and_o it_o be_v for_o this_o that_o it_o may_v be_v derogate_a from_o in_o consideration_n of_o another_o private_a good_a if_o it_o be_v esteem_v to_o be_v equal_a or_o of_o great_a importance_n than_o the_o other_o but_o the_o conservation_n of_o sovereignty_n be_v a_o good_a which_o direct_o concern_v the_o state_n against_o which_o no_o private_a reason_n can_v prevail_v otherwise_o what_o disorder_n will_v it_o be_v in_o the_o world_n if_o we_o do_v see_v sovereignty_n liable_a to_o the_o change_n of_o master_n every_o moment_n and_o pass_v under_o another_o dominion_n how_o many_o cause_n of_o war_n and_o revolution_n will_v arise_v from_o such_o a_o strange_a constitution_n which_o 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the_o contrary_a sovereign_n in_o one_o thing_n seem_v to_o be_v in_o a_o worse_a condition_n then_o private_a person_n because_o in_o the_o great_a part_n of_o state_n which_o be_v well_o govern_v they_o can_v alienate_v any_o parcel_n of_o their_o dominion_n they_o be_v in_o some_o kind_a slave_n to_o the_o public_a good_a they_o can_v do_v advantage_n to_o a_o young_a brother_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o elder_a and_o be_v ordinary_o so_o tie_v to_o the_o regular_a order_n of_o succession_n which_o prefer_v the_o male_n and_o the_o elder_a that_o they_o can_v follow_v the_o motion_n of_o their_o affection_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o this_o rule_n which_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o state_n render_v not_o to_o be_v dispense_v with_o how_o then_o can_v it_o be_v overthrow_v and_o destroy_v by_o a_o local_a custom_n institute_v to_o a_o end_n which_o can_v be_v put_v in_o the_o balance_n with_o the_o utilitic_a which_o proceed_v from_o this_o public_a law_n in_o effect_n if_o 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do_v and_o the_o same_o throughout_o the_o whole_a succession_n from_o whence_o i_o draw_v two_o consequence_n one_o that_o the_o sovereign_a fief_n be_v by_o its_o nature_n indivisible_a which_o show_v that_o the_o principal_a end_n be_v to_o conserve_v it_o entire_a in_o the_o family_n which_o be_v unuseful_a if_o it_o must_v descend_v to_o the_o daughter_n of_o the_o first_o bed_n to_o the_o exclusion_n of_o the_o male_n for_o in_o this_o case_n it_o will_v import_v very_o little_a that_o it_o be_v dismember_v and_o it_o will_v be_v more_o just_a and_o more_o convenient_a to_o divide_v it_o at_o least_o among_o the_o child_n of_o the_o same_o bed_n the_o other_o be_v that_o by_o this_o indivisibility_n it_o be_v different_a from_o particular_a fief_n which_o according_a to_o the_o feodal_n custom_n be_v partable_a beyond_o the_o forest_n at_o the_o choice_n of_o the_o elder_a and_o on_o this_o side_n though_o there_o be_v but_o one_o fief_n the_o elder_a have_v but_o two_o three_o and_o the_o rest_n belong_v to_o the_o brother_n except_v to_o the_o elder_a the_o castle_n and_o a_o capon_n be_v flight_n which_o be_v unpracticable_a in_o a_o sovereign_a fief_n brabant_n chap._n 21._o of_o the_o feodal_n custom_n of_o brabant_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o there_o be_v a_o manifest_a difference_n and_o that_o the_o one_o have_v for_o its_o end_n only_o the_o particular_a good_a of_o family_n and_o the_o other_o the_o good_a of_o the_o state_n which_o chief_o consist_v in_o keep_v the_o sovereignty_n as_o long_o as_o be_v possible_a in_o the_o same_o line_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v expose_v to_o continual_a change_n so_o that_o be_v of_o a_o different_a nature_n we_o can_v draw_v any_o consequence_n from_o the_o fief_n to_o the_o crown_n nor_o subject_v the_o lording_n fief_n to_o the_o local_a custom_n which_o be_v of_o another_o nature_n and_o for_o other_o end_n this_o difference_n be_v the_o more_o remarkable_a by_o reason_n that_o the_o subservient_fw-fr fief_n which_o prince_n do_v possess_v be_v of_o another_o nature_n and_o subject_a to_o other_o law_n than_o the_o sovereignty_n and_o do_v not_o depend_v of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o jurisdiction_n as_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o butkens_n in_o the_o charter_n of_o the_o year_n 1222._o and_o it_o be_v out_o of_o doubt_n that_o these_o may_v be_v divide_v and_o the_o other_o not_o as_o be_v clear_a by_o the_o xxi_o article_n itself_o which_o i_o cite_v before_o and_o even_o the_o custom_n of_o louvain_n be_v decree_v with_o this_o clause_n without_o prejudice_n to_o the_o right_n and_o the_o superiority_n of_o the_o king_n which_o clear_o demonstrate_v that_o in_o the_o toleration_n or_o approbation_n of_o these_o particular_a custom_n the_o sovereign_n never_o mean_v to_o subject_v their_o sovereignty_n and_o that_o the_o consequence_n which_o they_o draw_v from_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o can_v be_v of_o validity_n betwixt_o two_o such_o disproportionate_a thing_n in_o the_o custom_n of_o brabant_n and_o the_o other_o province_n which_o the_o king_n have_v approve_v this_o reservation_n be_v ordinary_o find_v without_o prejudice_n to_o our_o right_n and_o authority_n a_o notable_a difference_n be_v yet_o to_o be_v observe_v here_o which_o be_v that_o private_a person_n may_v derogate_v and_o do_v daily_o derogate_v from_o the_o devolution_n by_o their_o treaty_n of_o marriage_n or_o by_o testament_n to_o preserve_v the_o free_a disposition_n of_o their_o good_n to_o themselves_o and_o to_o hinder_v the_o daughter_n of_o the_o first_o bed_n from_o come_v to_o exclude_v the_o son_n of_o the_o second_o which_o prince_n have_v never_o practise_v though_o much_o more_o concern_v in_o conserve_n their_o succession_n in_o the_o masculine_a line_n and_o will_v not_o have_v fail_v to_o use_v those_o precaution_n as_o well_o as_o private_a person_n do_v against_o this_o
meanwhile_o they_o turn_v the_o argument_n to_o the_o opposite_a way_n and_o in_o stead_n of_o acknowledge_v that_o this_o reason_n be_v sufficient_a to_o demonstrate_v the_o disproportion_n betwixt_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o and_o that_o they_o can_v be_v make_v equal_a they_o will_v yet_o make_v use_n of_o it_o not_o only_o to_o equalise_v the_o lording_n fief_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o serve_a but_o even_o to_o subject_v it_o to_o and_o regulate_v it_o by_o the_o same_o custom_n although_o the_o contrary_a do_v evident_o appear_v by_o the_o very_a text_n which_o they_o cite_v and_o very_o false_o interpret_v the_o example_n be_v most_o clear_a in_o the_o citation_n which_o they_o do_v produce_v of_o molina_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o title_n of_o the_o majorasque_fw-la in_o spain_n be_v the_o elder_a son_n title_n majorasques_n they_o wrest_v this_o passage_n many_o way_n the_o dialogue_n drag_v it_o thus_o by_o the_o hair_n that_o the_o crown_n of_o spain_n be_v 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