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confirm_v these_o erection_n as_o make_v per_fw-la reges_fw-la scotiae_fw-la as_o he_o do_v in_o all_o other_o nation_n or_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n confirm_v these_o erection_n if_o they_o be_v make_v by_o any_o of_o his_o vassal_n and_o it_o be_v observable_a that_o the_o pope_n do_v in_o these_o confirmation_n design_v our_o king_n regem_fw-la scotiae_fw-la and_o not_o scotorum_fw-la 7._o the_o historian_n also_o of_o other_o nation_n do_v concur_v with_o those_o of_o our_o nation_n in_o assert_v this_o freedom_n and_o thus_o arnisaeus_n the_o best_a lawyer_n who_o have_v write_v upon_o these_o politic_a question_n do_v look_v upon_o this_o pretence_n as_o a_o mere_a fiction_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 5._o anglus_fw-la scotorum_fw-la regem_fw-la habebat_fw-la sibi_fw-la fiduciarium_fw-la sive_fw-la ratione_fw-la aliquot_fw-la regionum_fw-la sive_fw-la ratione_fw-la ipsius_fw-la regni_fw-la ut_fw-la nimis_fw-la audacter_fw-la asserit_fw-la math._n steph._n nam_fw-la haec_fw-la vetustate_fw-la temporis_fw-la &_o obscuritate_fw-la authorum_fw-la sunt_fw-la incerta_fw-la and_o duchesne_n pag._n 21._o speak_v of_o scotland_n assert_n positive_o that_o its_o king_n do_v recognosce_fw-la no_o superior_a but_o god_n and_o be_v every_o way_n a_o sovereign_a prince_n notwithstanding_o of_o the_o old_a pretension_n of_o england_n le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr le_fw-fr possede_n en_fw-fr toute_fw-fr souverainté_fw-fr sans_fw-fr recognoistre_fw-fr au_fw-fr cun_fw-fr superieur_fw-fr que_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr bien_fw-fr que_fw-fr c_o '_o estoit_fw-fr ancienne_fw-fr praetension_n des_fw-fr anglois_fw-fr que_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr d'escosse_n est_fw-fr vassal_n de_fw-fr leur_fw-fr couronne_fw-fr 8._o not_o only_o have_v foreign_a prince_n general_a council_n and_o the_o lawyer_n and_o historian_n of_o other_o nation_n declare_v scotland_n to_o be_v a_o free_a kingdom_n but_o even_o the_o king_n of_o england_n have_v acknowledge_v this_o freedom_n and_o independency_n as_o may_v appear_v 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refuse_v by_o augustus_n as_o import_v slavery_n which_o the_o roman_n can_v not_o bear_v rather_o than_o from_o a_o secret_a impulse_n as_o st._n augustin_n say_v in_o respect_n our_o saviour_n be_v then_o bear_v who_o be_v the_o true_a master_n since_o sueton_n tell_v that_o tiberius_n also_o refuse_v this_o title_n yet_o in_o compliment_n even_o then_o such_o as_o be_v not_o know_v be_v call_v domini_fw-la obvios_fw-la say_v seneca_n si_fw-la nomen_fw-la non_fw-la succurrit_fw-la dominos_fw-la salutamus_fw-la and_o thereafter_o with_o the_o roman_a slavery_n this_o title_n grow_v from_o be_v a_o compliment_n to_o be_v a_o duty_n and_o thus_o the_o grecian_a emperor_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o elder_a son_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o from_o this_o title_n of_o master_n come_v meship_n among_o we_o which_o be_v give_v to_o all_o such_o as_o have_v not_o a_o special_a title_n as_o lord_n sir_n etc._n