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to_o take_v so_o far_o a_o prospect_n or_o else_o as_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o be_v not_o sufficient_o inform_v of_o what_o pass_v in_o the_o southern_a province_n till_o such_o time_n as_o the_o tartar_n be_v already_o enter_v into_o china_n for_o the_o relation_n which_o come_v then_o though_o it_o be_v very_o obscure_a in_o this_o point_n as_o in_o divers_a other_o not_o sufficient_o remark_v the_o time_n yet_o it_o seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o the_o prince_n be_v not_o crown_v nor_o submit_v to_o as_o lawful_a king_n till_o after_o the_o tartar_n have_v pass_v the_o wall_n this_o inconsederate_a proffer_n and_o demand_v of_o vsuaâ—â—guè_fw-fr be_v most_o acceptable_a to_o the_o tartarian_a court_n be_v it_o be_v that_o great_a advantage_n to_o their_o interest_n which_o they_o have_v so_o long_o covet_v and_o they_o judge_v to_o be_v thus_o call_v in_o be_v a_o full_a acknowledgement_n of_o their_o right_n and_o that_o now_o there_o remain_v nothing_o but_o take_v 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different_a impression_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n according_a to_o their_o good_a or_o ill_a affection_n to_o the_o emperor_n and_o empire_n the_o tartar_n do_v not_o make_v any_o show_n of_o joy_n at_o the_o news_n of_o zunchin_n death_n he_o rather_o seem_v very_o much_o move_v at_o it_o as_o a_o very_a deplorable_a accident_n of_o a_o most_o pernicious_a example_n and_o therefore_o aught_o to_o be_v severe_o and_o condign_o punish_v but_o he_o be_v not_o displease_v at_o the_o new_a right_n to_o that_o empire_n he_o judge_v do_v thereby_o accrue_v to_o he_o he_o begin_v not_o only_o to_o discourse_v of_o it_o but_o to_o argue_v it_o very_o hot_o he_o maintain_v that_o he_o be_v now_o free_v from_o any_o obligation_n which_o lie_v upon_o he_o from_o the_o oath_n by_o which_o the_o tartarian_a prince_n have_v tie_v themselves_o to_o the_o royal_a family_n of_o china_n never_o to_o make_v any_o attempt_n upon_o that_o state_n forasmuch_o as_o that_o family_n be_v now_o extinct_a 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