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romanae_fw-la concidisse_fw-la quis_fw-la dixerit_fw-la cum_fw-la exactis_fw-la regibus_fw-la majestas_fw-la ad_fw-la optimates_fw-la transiret_fw-la jacobus_n lampadius_n tract_n de_fw-fr repub._n romano-german_a par_fw-fr 1._o s._n 60._o plea_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 27.28_o plea_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 29._o do_v not_o make_v a_o new_a kind_n of_o government_n as_o long_o as_o the_o supreme_a primary_n power_n and_o the_o soul_n as_o i_o may_v call_v it_o which_o move_v and_o quicken_v the_o whole_a politic_a body_n remains_z one_o and_z the_o same_o let_v no_o one_o say_v say_v a_o learned_a politic_a councillor_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o brunswick_n that_o the_o essence_n of_o the_o roman_a commonwealth_n perish_v when_o the_o king_n be_v drive_v out_o the_o majesty_n pass_v to_o the_o optimates_fw-la much_o less_o be_v a_o new_a form_n of_o government_n erect_v where_o the_o majesty_n remain_v in_o the_o same_o subject_n that_o ever_o it_o do_v the_o king_n power_n be_v but_o 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