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etc._n or_o marriage_n as_o bourbon_n champagne_n languedock_n bretaigny_n etc._n etc._n or_o by_o conquest_n and_o powerful_a seizure_n as_o normandy_n aquitane_n poictou_n anjou_n and_o whatsoever_o hold_v on_o england_n by_o charles_n the_o seven_o and_o burgundy_n with_o those_o that_o depend_v thereon_o by_o his_o son_n lewis_n the_o eleven_o all_o these_o be_v incorporate_v with_o france_n what_o ever_o their_o former_a immunity_n be_v and_o whatever_o lesser_a they_o still_o enjoy_v be_v all_o equal_o subject_a to_o all_o law_n government_n and_o imposition_n from_o the_o crown_n without_o dispute_n and_o contradiction_n and_o can_v we_o then_o be_v such_o fool_n as_o to_o think_v that_o though_o we_o come_v under_o france_n yet_o we_o shall_v be_v free_a but_o now_o on_o the_o contrary_n we_o know_v that_o whatsoever_o accession_n have_v be_v make_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n either_o by_o mariiage_n as_o scotland_n or_o conquest_n as_o ireland_n that_o they_o have_v 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their_o own_o future_a condition_n and_o if_o any_o be_v resolve_o blind_a that_o they_o will_v not_o see_v except_o they_o be_v deaf_a also_o or_o stop_v their_o ear_n they_o may_v hear_v enough_o if_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o report_n be_v but_o true_a to_o warn_v they_o sufficient_o to_o look_v to_o themselves_o but_o if_o they_o remain_v so_o incredulous_a that_o all_o the_o beacon_n that_o be_v fire_v about_o they_o make_v they_o not_o fear_v and_o that_o they_o will_v believe_v nothing_o which_o they_o themselves_o do_v not_o feel_v i_o wish_v that_o experience_n which_o wise_a man_n call_v the_o mistress_n of_o fool_n convince_v they_o not_o of_o their_o folly_n when_o it_o be_v too_o late_o and_o their_o condition_n become_v so_o miserable_a that_o its_o fit_a to_o be_v draw_v cover_v with_o a_o sorrowful_a veil_n by_o some_o timanthes_n pencil_n than_o to_o be_v lively_o set_v forth_o in_o its_o sad_a colour_n or_o describe_v by_o the_o pen_n of_o a_o impartial_a historian_n for_o my_o part_n i_o profess_v that_o none_o honour_v the_o worth_n and_o gallantry_n of_o the_o french_a nation_n more_o than_o myself_o yet_o i_o will_v loathe_v come_v under_o its_o power_n for_o the_o reason_n which_o the_o fox_n give_v the_o lion_n in_o the_o fable_n quia_fw-la i_o vestigia_fw-la terrent_fw-la omnia_fw-la te_fw-la adversum_fw-la spectantia_fw-la nulla_fw-la retrorsum_fw-la 1._o horat._n epist_n l._n 1._o ep._n 1._o 4._o we_o think_v we_o have_v reason_n to_o be_v afraid_a not_o only_o for_o our_o person_n and_o purse_n but_o even_o for_o our_o life_n and_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o may_v make_v we_o miserable_a not_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o french_a but_o our_o self_n for_o we_o know_v that_o a_o people_n accustom_v to_o liberty_n who_o have_v have_v enough_o give_v they_o and_o take_v much_o more_o when_o once_o they_o come_v to_o be_v restrain_v and_o strict_o hold_v in_o by_o the_o rain_v of_o government_n be_v very_o apt_a to_o break_v out_o into_o mutiny_n and_o mischief_n and_o like_o wild_a colt_n in_o their_o first_o manage_n rush_v desperate_o into_o ruin_n that_o they_o may_v throw_v their_o rider_n yea_o when_o conqueror_n think_v they_o have_v so_o harness_v the_o multitude_n that_o they_o dare_v not_o but_o draw_v their_o triumphant_a chariot_n and_o doubt_v not_o but_o they_o themselves_o sit_v so_o fast_o that_o they_o may_v drive_v they_o out_o of_o breath_n and_o so_o tame_v they_o at_o their_o pleasure_n they_o usual_o phaethon_n like_o set_v all_o on_o fire_n and_o if_o they_o escape_v the_o popular_a fury_n by_o run_v away_o in_o the_o smoke_n meet_v with_o his_o fate_n to_o be_v strike_v wit_n the_o thunderbolt_n of_o their_o sovereign_n justice_n innumerable_a be_v the_o example_n for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o but_o we_o will_v confine_v ourselves_o to_o our_o own_o country_n and_o content_v ourselves_o with_o two_o only_a when_o philip_n the_o four_o have_v beat_v the_o fleming_n unite_a 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