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p._n 5._o if_o the_o scot_n stay_v and_o keep_v our_o town_n and_o garrison_n after_o vote_v out_o be_v it_o not_o invasion_n be_v it_o not_o the_o same_o to_o enter_v in_o hostility_n or_o in_o confluent_a number_n after_o vote_v out_o if_o they_o deliver_v not_o up_o the_o king_n when_o demand_v without_o capitulation_n for_o they_o be_v our_o army_n our_o servant_n and_o be_v not_o the_o king_n our_o state_n prisoner_n ibid._n p._n 12._o all_o this_o be_v but_o to_o king_n the_o scot_n under_o the_o colour_n of_o the_o king_n name_n to_o make_v they_o king_n of_o england_n and_o the_o english_a their_o slave_n query_n who_o be_v it_o that_o hold_v out_o &_o c_o p._n 1._o also_o black_a cloud_n in_o the_o north_n through_o it_o all_o ppp_n 6_o gangrene_n three_o part._n qqq_n the_o modest_a query_n concern_v a_o print_a paper_n p._n 6._o abstruse_a and_o disputable_a point_n of_o religion_n as_o that_o of_o freewill_n of_o the_o trinity_n of_o the_o hypostatical_a union_n concern_v 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