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of_o thing_n and_o satisfy_v my_o doubt_n in_o these_o particular_n i_o shall_v with_o cheerfulness_n ever_o after_o pay_v a_o humble_a obedience_n unto_o all_o such_o vote_n and_o proceed_n and_o shall_v from_o thenceforth_o acknowledge_v myself_o for_o his_o industry_n in_o settle_v and_o satisfy_v my_o yet_o unsatisfied_a conscience_n to_o be_v much_o indebt_v unto_o he_o mean_v while_o i_o bid_v he_o hearty_o farewell_o finis_fw-la decl_n of_o the_o lo_o and_o com_n of_o the_o 2_o of_o novemb._n luciâ—â—_z sâ—â—mâ—_z 158._o 1._o h._n 74._o 6._o plow_n com._n 238._o 244._o camb._n britan._n 163._o the_o king_n have_v sovereign_a power_n he_o acknowledge_v no_o superior_a but_o god_n alone_o see_v sir_n tho._n smith_n de_fw-fr rep._n ang._n li_n 2._o cap._n 4._o 5._o rep._n so_o 86._o de_fw-la iure_fw-la regis_fw-la eccl._n siastico_fw-la rodin_n de_fw-fr rep._n cap_n 8._o 7_o rep._n 12_o 13._o câ—lv_fw-la case_n prov._n 11._o livy_n gen._n 14._o â—â—od_fw-la 32._o sir_n w._n raleigh_n l._n 2._o hist._n mund._n sozomen_n li_fw-it 6._o seneca_n stamford_n preface_n coke_n instiâ—_z 2_o part_n pag._n 379._o â—_z h._n 7._o 20._o stamf._n 72._o 12_o h._n 7._o 17._o mirror_n of_o justice_n bracton_n lib._n 3._o fol._n 107._o fortescue_n cap._n â—â—_z 13._o â—_z rep._n calâ—ins_n â—ase_n 13._o virg_n davis_n rep._n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la est_fw-la monarcha_fw-la et_fw-la imperator_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la suo_fw-la cassaneus_n in_o catol._n glor._n mundi_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la est_fw-la absolutus_fw-la monarcha_fw-la in_fw-la regno_fw-la suo_fw-la vide_fw-la crompt_v juâ—iâ—d_fw-mi 108._o modiâ—_z tenendi_fw-la parliament_n page_n 1._o page_n 4._o bodin_n de_fw-fr reput_fw-la l._n 2._o cap._n 5._o vide_fw-la cambd._n eliz._n pa._n 118._o accord_n page_n 45._o elsmere_n postnati_fw-la 99_o 33._o h._n 8._o ca._n 1._o 28._o h._n 8._o c._n 19_o davis_n rep._n 25._o eccles._n 8._o vâ—_z 8._o bracton_n l._n 5_o tract._n 3._o c._n 3._o and_o li._n 1._o cap._n 8._o wâ—sd_v 6._o pag._n 45._o arist._n eth._n 18._o cap._n 10_o plato_n in_fw-la bolitico_fw-la his_o majesty_n answer_n to_o the_o 19_o proposition_n hutton_n argument_n against_o ship_n money_n p._n 33_o page_n 34._o deâ—lar_a maii_fw-la 27_o concerning_o the_o stat._n of_o e._n 1._o
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