sect._n 2._o it_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o governor_n be_v elect_v by_o the_o country_n &_o by_o the_o establish_a constitution_n of_o the_o colony_n he_o be_v to_o be_v elect_v annual_o at_o a_o day_n certain_a by_o the_o delegate_n of_o the_o several_a division_n of_o the_o colony_n and_o by_o virtue_n thereof_o be_v to_o continue_v therein_o but_o one_o year_n but_o as_o to_o this_o establishment_n it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v wherefore_o &_o when_o it_o be_v make_v it_o be_v in_o the_o juncture_n of_o time_n when_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o our_o nation_n be_v in_o confusion_n and_o out_o of_o order_n the_o legal_a authority_n reject_v by_o a_o violent_a power_n who_o have_v assume_v to_o themselves_o the_o supreme_a power_n of_o our_o nation_n and_o that_o at_o the_o first_o establishment_n be_v elective_a in_o semblance_n to_o which_o this_o be_v make_v answer_n sect._n 2._o he_o shall_v grant_v as_o i_o say_v before_o that_o the_o representative_n in_o who_o be_v the_o 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