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priest_n in_o edward_z 6._o his_o reign_n and_o seek_v to_o make_v commotion_n and_o tumult_n now_o as_o they_o do_v then_o in_o the_o like_o seditious_a way_n and_o design_n p._n 144._o how_o he_o extract_v something_o from_o all_o former_a incendiary_n to_o be_v a_o master_n workman_n as_o he_o style_v himself_o p._n 145._o 4_o another_o print_a paper_n called_z lieut._n coll._n john_n lilburn_n plea_n in_o law_n ibid._n here_o he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o parliament_n can_v alter_v none_o of_o the_o fundamental_a law_n ibid._n to_o which_o a_o large_a answer_n be_v give_v as_o show_v 1_o what_o be_v power_n 2_o government_n or_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o power_n p._n 145_o 146._o his_o ignorance_n and_o nonsense_n and_o how_o he_o seek_v to_o enslave_v the_o natian_a ibid._n he_o go_v backward_o to_o out-jump_a his_o fellow_n leper_n in_o sedition_n p._n 147._o how_o like_o the_o foolish_a fish_n he_o swim_v to_o the_o hide_a hook_n ibid._n another_o print_a 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