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forcible_o resist_v question_v convent_v deprive_v censure_v for_o their_o tyranny_n and_o misdemeanour_n notwithstanding_o this_o their_o stile_n of_o dei_fw-la gratia_fw-la or_o pretence_n of_o divine_a institution_n yea_o we_o know_v that_o bishop_n have_v be_v late_o thrust_v out_o of_o many_o church_n notwithstanding_o their_o long_a pretend_a ius_n divinum_fw-la to_o support_v their_o hierarchy_n and_o john_n gerson_n a_o papist_n have_v write_v a_o particular_a treatise_n de_fw-fr auferibilitate_fw-la papae_fw-la notwithstanding_o the_o pope_n pretend_v divine_a title_n to_o his_o monarchy_n which_o may_v be_v now_o and_o one_o day_n shall_v be_v total_o abolish_v therefore_o tyrannical_a degenerous_a king_n may_v be_v just_o resist_v censure_v deprive_v as_o well_o as_o they_o and_o royalty_n change_v into_o other_o government_n by_o the_o people_n and_o kingdom_n common_a consent_n if_o they_o see_v just_a cause_n if_o any_o second_o object_n 1._o that_o king_n be_v anoint_v 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the_o justice_n of_o arragon_n be_v then_o great_a for_o the_o defence_n of_o the_o public_a liberty_n an._n 1214._o alphonso_n the_o noble_a king_n of_o castille_n die_v his_o son_n henry_n be_v but_o 11._o year_n old_a the_o prelate_n noble_n and_o commons_o assemble_v at_o burgon_n have_v declare_v he_o king_n and_o take_v the_o oath_n make_v queen_n eleonora_n his_o mother_n governess_n of_o his_o person_n and_o realm_n after_o who_o death_n the_o custody_n of_o he_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o lara_n this_o king_n afterward_o play_v with_o other_o young_a child_n of_o noble_a house_n at_o palenca_n in_o the_o bishop_n palace_n one_o of_o they_o cast_v a_o tile_n from_o the_o top_n of_o a_o tower_n which_o fall_v on_o the_o cover_n of_o a_o house_n beat_v down_o another_o tile_n which_o fall_v on_o the_o young_a king_n head_n wherewith_o he_o be_v so_o grievous_o hurt_v that_o he_o die_v the_o eleven_o day_n after_o an._n 1217._o yet_o this_o his_o 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