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denique_fw-la elizabetham_fw-la suos_fw-la haeredes_fw-la fecerat_fw-la verùm_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la ea_fw-la omne_fw-la valent_fw-la quam_fw-la sicum_fw-la jure_fw-la regni_fw-la conveniant_fw-la vid._n curt._n tract_n feud_n par._n 4._o num._n 129._o there_o seem_v great_a difficulty_n to_o arise_v from_o the_o 13_o elizabeth_n c._n 2._o by_o which_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o if_o any_o person_n shall_v affirm_v that_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n have_v not_o full_a power_n to_o bind_v and_o govern_v the_o crown_n in_o point_n of_o succession_n and_o descent_n that_o such_o a_o person_n during_o the_o queen_n life_n shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o high_a treason_n but_o to_o this_o act_n it_o be_v answer_v that_o this_o act_n do_v not_o debar_v the_o next_o legal_a and_o natural_a successor_n and_o these_o word_n that_o the_o parliament_n have_v power_n to_o bind_v and_o govern_v the_o succession_n must_v be_v as_o all_o other_o general_a expression_n in_o statute_n interpret_v 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