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join_v in_o a_o war_n against_o her_o son_n charles_n the_o 5._o and_o draw_v up_o a_o conclusion_n by_o resolution_n of_o lawyer_n wherein_o be_v these_o word_n neither_o be_v we_o bind_v to_o he_o by_o any_o other_o reason_n than_o if_o he_o keep_v the_o condition_n on_o which_o he_o be_v create_v emperor_n by_o the_o law_n themselves_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o the_o superior_a magistrate_n shall_v not_o infringe_v the_o right_n of_o the_o inferior_a &_o if_o the_o superior_a magistrate_n exceed_v the_o limit_n of_o his_o power_n and_o command_v that_o which_o be_v wicked_a not_o only_o we_o need_v not_o obey_v he_o but_o if_o he_o offer_v force_v we_o may_v resist_v he_o which_o opinion_n be_v confirm_v by_o some_o of_o the_o great_a lawyer_n and_o even_o some_o who_o be_v patron_n of_o tyranny_n grotius_n none_o of_o the_o great_a enemy_n of_o tyrant_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 4._o n_o 11._o say_v out_o of_o barclaius_n &_o with_o he_o that_o the_o king_n do_v loss_n his_o power_n when_o he_o seek_v the_o destruction_n of_o his_o subject_n it_o be_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o tyranny_n of_o that_o bloody_a house_n of_o austria_n over_o the_o helvetian_o that_o they_o shake_v off_o the_o rule_n &_o government_n of_o that_o family_n and_o establish_v themselves_o into_o a_o republic_n and_o at_o this_o present_a time_n upon_o the_o same_o account_n the_o tyranny_n &_o treachery_n of_o this_o imperial_a majesty_n the_o hungarian_n have_v assay_v to_o maintain_v &_o justify_v a_o revolt_n in_o disow_v the_o emperor_n now_o for_o several_a year_n 6._o polland_n be_v a_o elective_a kingdom_n and_o so_o can_v but_o be_v fertile_a of_o many_o instance_n of_o cast_v off_o tyrant_n henricus_fw-la valesius_fw-la disoun_v for_o flee_v and_o sigismuadus_fw-la for_o violate_v his_o faith_n to_o the_o state_n may_v suffice_v lex_fw-la rex_fw-la q._n 24._o pag._n 217._o 7._o in_o denmark_n we_o find_v christiernus_fw-la their_o king_n be_v for_o his_o intolerable_a cruelty_n put_v from_o the_o kingdom_n he_o and_o all_o his_o posterity_n and_o after_o twenty_o year_n do_v end_v his_o life_n in_o prison_n 8._o in_o swedland_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o one_o century_n the_o people_n depose_v &_o banish_v the_o two_o christiern_n and_o dethrone_v &_o imprison_a ericus_n for_o their_o oppression_n &_o tyranny_n and_o for_o pursue_v the_o destruction_n of_o their_o subject_n 9_o the_o portugiese_n not_o many_o year_n ago_o lay_v aside_o and_o confine_v alphonsus_n their_o king_n for_o his_o rapine_n &_o murder_n 10._o some_o duke_n of_o venice_n have_v be_v so_o disoun_v by_o these_o commonwealth_n man_n that_o lay_v aside_o their_o royal_a honour_n as_o private_a man_n they_o have_v spend_v their_o day_n in_o monastery_n buchan_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la regni_fw-la apud_fw-la scotos_fw-gr 11._o if_o we_o will_v revolve_v the_o old_a roman_a history_n we_o shall_v find_v no_o small_a store_n of_o such_o example_n both_o in_o the_o time_n of_o their_o king_n consul_n &_o emperor_n their_o seven_o king_n tarqvinius_n superbus_n be_v remove_v by_o the_o people_n for_o his_o evident_a usurpation_n neque_fw-la enim_fw-la ad_fw-la jus_o regni_fw-la quicquam_fw-la praeter_fw-la vim_o habebat_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la neque_fw-la populi_fw-la jussu_fw-la neque_fw-la patribus_fw-la authoribus_fw-la regnavit_fw-la say_v livius_n i.e._n for_o he_o have_v nothing_o for_o a_o right_a to_o the_o government_n but_o mere_a force_n and_o get_v the_o rule_n neither_o by_o the_o people_n consent_n &_o choice_n nor_o by_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o senator_n so_o afterward_o the_o empire_n be_v take_v from_o vitellius_n heliogabulus_n maximinus_n didius_n julianus_n lex_fw-la rex_fw-la ub_z supra_fw-la 12._o but_o it_o will_v be_v say_v can_v there_o be_v any_o instance_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n adduce_v do_v ever_o they_o while_o groan_v under_o the_o most_o insupportable_a tyranny_n of_o their_o persecute_v 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