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it_o but_o here_o it_o be_v give_v before_o the_o institution_n of_o magistracy_n when_o now_o there_o be_v no_o government_n in_o the_o world_n but_o family-government_n as_o grotius_n on_o the_o place_n say_v cum_fw-la enim_fw-la lex_fw-la haec_fw-la â—ata_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la dum_fw-la constituta_fw-la sunt_fw-la judicia_fw-la itaque_fw-la naturale_fw-la justaliatus_fw-la hic_fw-la indicatur_fw-la quod_fw-la aucto_fw-la humano_fw-la genere_fw-la &_o in_fw-la gentes_fw-la distributo_fw-la merito_fw-la solis_fw-la judicibus_fw-la permissum_fw-la fuit_fw-la extra_fw-la casus_fw-la quosdam_fw-la exceptos_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la mansit_fw-la jus_o illud_fw-la 〈◊〉_d when_o this_o law_n be_v give_v public_a judgement_n be_v not_o yet_o constitute_v therefore_o the_o natural_a right_n &_o law_n of_o taliation_n be_v here_o hold_v forth_o which_o when_o mankind_n be_v increase_v and_o divide_v into_o several_a nation_n be_v just_o permit_v only_o to_o judge_n some_o case_n except_v 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