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the_o government_n of_o the_o city_n of_o genuense_n and_o permit_v they_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o their_o own_o governor_n sol_fw-mi these_o objection_n which_o you_o have_v make_v do_v receive_v several_a answer_n and_o as_o for_o the_o roman_n they_o hold_v that_o course_n and_o order_n of_o government_n by_o you_o remember_v until_o their_o power_n do_v extend_v beyond_o the_o confine_n of_o italy_n but_o then_o they_o give_v praetor_n and_o provincial_a governor_n unto_o their_o city_n again_o their_o lenity_n by_o you_o remember_v do_v as_o much_o advance_v their_o ambitious_a thought_n in_o conquer_a as_o sometime_o their_o knowledge_n in_o military_a discipline_n so_o as_o it_o may_v be_v commend_v for_o a_o ready_a way_n to_o conquer_v but_o not_o as_o a_o safe_a way_n to_o hold_v and_o keep_v and_o as_o for_o the_o french_a we_o may_v not_o safe_o follow_v their_o step_n as_o guide_n herein_o for_o that_o they_o be_v deem_v of_o all_o nation_n valiant_a conqueror_n but_o 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eftsoon_o remove_v all_o occasion_n of_o decline_a and_o rebel_n for_o traitor_n and_o rebel_n have_v once_o incur_v the_o penalty_n of_o law_n may_v find_v no_o safety_n but_o in_o wander_v from_o province_n to_o province_n their_o break_a and_o decay_a force_n may_v not_o be_v repair_v but_o by_o contract_v of_o affinity_n with_o such_o of_o other_o province_n which_o they_o find_v to_o be_v of_o strength_n and_o force_n and_o sometime_o under_o the_o colour_n of_o merchandise_n they_o transport_v letter_n import_v and_o nourish_v thereby_o a_o general_a combination_n by_o which_o mean_v shane_n oneile_n attaint_v sometime_o labour_v the_o corruption_n of_o all_o the_o west_n part_n of_o salamina_n as_o in_o the_o statute_n of_o his_o attainder_n it_o do_v lively_o appear_v and_o by_o the_o like_a practice_n before_o remember_v do_v the_o late_a burke_n and_o orurke_n of_o conought_n nourish_v for_o a_o long_a time_n all_o their_o wicked_a rebellion_n and_o therefore_o mummius_n 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same_o may_v be_v suppress_v for_o in_o vain_a shall_v occasion_n offer_v themselves_o where_o this_o distemperature_n be_v not_o
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