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have_v be_v please_v to_o tell_v
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that_o he_o and_o cassius_n take_v upon_o themselves_o the_o same_o title_n of_o imperator_n as_o caesar_n have_v do_v it_o be_v evident_a enough_o to_o all_o sensible_a man_n that_o they_o intend_v to_o play_v the_o same_o game_n if_o not_o a_o worse_o since_o they_o be_v far_o behind_o he_o in_o every_o respect_n and_o if_o a_o pretence_n of_o liberty_n be_v sufficient_a to_o warrant_v the_o black_a crime_n i_o see_v no_o reason_n why_o ravaillac_n and_o other_o of_o that_o stamp_n shall_v not_o claim_v the_o same_o privilege_n since_o questionless_a the_o pretence_n of_o their_o principle_n of_o religion_n be_v as_o specious_a as_o those_o of_o liberty_n methinks_v our_o author_n show_v in_o this_o point_n especial_o a_o little_a too_o much_o inclination_n to_o such_o as_o rail_v with_o great_a violence_n against_o the_o jesuit_n yet_o have_v not_o lay_v aside_o their_o doctrine_n of_o sacrifice_v either_o king_n friend_n relation_n or_o kindred_n when_o ever_o they_o be_v possess_v 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also_o what_o he_o say_v according_a to_o his_o romantic_a way_n that_o in_o spain_n italy_n and_o france_n slavery_n be_v not_o so_o conspicuous_a but_o in_o the_o northern_a part_n it_o appear_v in_o its_o true_a shape_n since_o something_o of_o that_o will_v be_v say_v in_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o treatise_n where_o he_o speak_v to_o the_o same_o purpose_n but_o what_o he_o say_v that_o it_o be_v now_o or_o never_o seasonable_a to_o assert_v both_o the_o people_n right_a and_o his_o majesty_n title_n be_v like_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o vanity_n since_o god_n know_v he_o have_v not_o say_v one_o word_n far_o of_o it_o and_o it_o will_v have_v be_v but_o common_a wisdom_n not_o to_o have_v insert_v thing_n of_o that_o high_a moment_n in_o a_o transitory_a way_n among_o his_o fantastical_a conceit_n especial_o at_o a_o time_n when_o the_o people_n enjoy_v their_o legal_a liberty_n under_o the_o reign_n of_o a_o wise_a just_a and_o brave_a king_n who_o title_n be_v so_o general_o approve_v by_o the_o practice_n of_o all_o and_o especial_o our_o age_n and_o more_o particular_o by_o the_o general_a approbation_n of_o all_o europe_n and_o all_o good_a man_n in_o these_o kingdom_n i_o conclude_v with_o the_o great_a roman_a politician_n and_o philosopher_n nihil_fw-la est_fw-la temeritate_fw-la turpius_fw-la nec_fw-la quidquam_fw-la tam_fw-la indignum_fw-la sapientis_fw-la gravitate_fw-la &_o constantia_fw-la quam_fw-la aut_fw-la falsum_fw-la sentire_fw-la aut_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la exploratè_fw-la perceptum_fw-la aut_fw-la cognitum_fw-la sit_fw-la sine_fw-la ulla_fw-la dubitatione_n defendere_fw-la ic_fw-mi lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nature_n deor._n remark_n upon_o the_o treatise_n call_v a_o account_n of_o denmark_n the_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o treatise_n itself_o have_v nothing_o material_a in_o it_o beside_o a_o general_a geographical_a description_n of_o the_o territory_n belong_v to_o the_o king_n of_o denmark_n do_v not_o require_v any_o further_a observation_n and_o if_o the_o author_n in_o some_o other_o matter_n have_v as_o he_o have_v do_v in_o this_o rather_o follow_v the_o footstep_n of_o authentic_a writer_n than_o his_o sensible_a and_o grave_a man_n as_o he_o call_v they_o in_o this_o chapter_n who_o have_v mislead_v he_o for_o the_o most_o part_n into_o a_o conceit_n of_o his_o own_o knowledge_n and_o a_o ill-grounded_a experience_n instead_o of_o truth_n we_o may_v have_v supersede_v to_o extend_v these_o remark_n so_o far_o as_o we_o be_v oblige_v now_o to_o do_v we_o will_v therefore_o go_v on_o to_o the_o second_o chapter_n where_o he_o speak_v thus_o concern_v the_o island_n of_o zealand_n it_o be_v almost_o of_o a_o circular_a figure_n and_o contain_v about_o 180_o english_a mile_n in_o circumference_n i_o can_v commend_v its_o fertility_n there_o be_v no_o bread_n corn_n grow_v in_o any_o part_n of_o it_o except_o rye_n which_o indeed_o be_v in_o good_a quantity_n and_o whereof_o most_o of_o 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