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chap._n 2.7_o &c_n &c_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dicuntur_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la volunt_fw-la esse_fw-la sine_fw-la lege_fw-la qui_fw-la emnia_fw-la legum_fw-la repagula_fw-la perfringunt_fw-la ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quod_fw-la legem_fw-la praesertim_fw-la drvinam_fw-la significat_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la nec_fw-la jus_o nec_fw-la fas_fw-la curant_fw-la etc._n etc._n gerard_n in_o loc_n vocat_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quos_fw-la prius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ostendit_fw-la hos_fw-la nullo_n jure_fw-la nullis_fw-la ne_fw-la legibus_fw-la posse_fw-la in_o ordine_fw-la retineri_fw-la sed_fw-la perumpunt_fw-la omne_fw-la jura_fw-la quid_fw-la vis_fw-la enim_fw-la sibi_fw-la licere_fw-la putant_fw-la scripturasque_fw-la sibi_fw-la subjiciunt_fw-la horum_fw-la exemplum_fw-la valdè_fw-la est_fw-la perniciosum_fw-la etiam_fw-la piis_fw-la ideo_fw-la cavendum_fw-la ne_fw-la 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