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of_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o fee_n do_v not_o prejudice_v the_o rest_n lib._n 2._o the_o feud_n t._n 78._o and_o yet_o the_o act_n of_o a_o brother_n do_v not_o hurt_v his_o brother_n in_o his_o hereditary_a fee_n tit_n 93._o yea_o more_o if_o a_o vassal_n shall_v commit_v so_o enormous_a a_o crime_n that_o he_o or_o those_o that_o descend_v of_o he_o aught_o to_o be_v deprive_v of_o his_o inheritance_n yet_o his_o kinsfolk_n in_o the_o four_o degree_n be_v to_o be_v restore_v to_o the_o possession_n thereof_o lib._n 2._o tit_n 26._o and_o therefore_o very_o wise_o the_o duke_n of_o neuburgh_n be_v near_o of_o kin_n to_o the_o prince_n palatine_n year_n 1623._o then_o to_o the_o bavarian_o obtain_v of_o the_o emperor_n reversall_a letter_n whereby_o provision_n be_v make_v that_o this_o trans-action_n of_o electoral_a dignity_n upon_o the_o bavarian_a shall_v at_o no_o time_n nor_o in_o any_o sort_n prejudice_v the_o right_n of_o himself_o or_o of_o his_o found_v upon_o a_o near_a 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