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support_v and_o countenance_v during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o government_n sol_fw-la there_o remain_v yet_o other_o occasion_n of_o the_o decline_a of_o commonweal_n worthy_a of_o remembrance_n epi_n what_o may_v the_o same_o be_v sol_fw-mi if_o prince_n king_n and_o state_n shall_v not_o public_o grace_v countenance_n and_o support_v all_o governoures_n and_o magistrate_n by_o they_o place_v for_o reformation_n of_o any_o province_n or_o nation_n during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o government_n the_o subject_n shall_v take_v thereby_o occasion_n of_o rebel_a for_o the_o gaul_n understanding_n that_o rome_n do_v conspire_v to_o disgrace_n caesar_n raise_v themselves_o forthwith_o in_o arm_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o ambiorix_n and_o vercingentorix_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o if_o they_o have_v not_o to_o hasty_o proceed_v therein_o they_o have_v put_v all_o italy_n in_o as_o great_a fear_n and_o danger_n as_o it_o be_v sometime_o when_o the_o cimbri_n come_v to_o invade_v their_o 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cap._n 10._o occasion_n of_o
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