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princess_n cap._n vi_o examination_n of_o the_o title_n of_o the_o house_n of_o suffolk_n be_v derby_n and_o hartford_n sect._n 29._o 30._o the_o earl_n of_o hartford_n child_n illegitimate_a the_o child_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o hartford_n descend_v of_o lady_n frances_n the_o elder_a daughter_n of_o charles_n brandon_n be_v prove_v illegitimate_a 1._o because_o the_o lady_n katherine_n gray_n their_o mother_n be_v lawful_a wife_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n when_o they_o be_v bear_v not_o separate_v from_o he_o by_o lawful_a authority_n or_o for_o any_o just_a cause_n but_o abandon_v by_o he_o because_o her_o house_n be_v come_v into_o misery_n and_o disgrace_n 2._o it_o can_v never_o be_v lawful_o prove_v that_o the_o say_a earl_n and_o lady_n katherine_n be_v marry_v but_o only_o by_o their_o own_o assertion_n not_o sufficient_a in_o law_n therefore_o be_v the_o marriage_n disannul_v in_o the_o arch_n by_o public_a and_o definitive_a sentence_n of_o parker_n archbishop_n of_o 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in_o polonia_n so_o shall_v his_o brother_n monsieur_fw-fr have_v do_v here_o if_o the_o marriage_n between_o he_o and_o the_o queen_n have_v go_v forward_o fit_a for_o our_o present_a state_n and_o beneficial_a to_o any_o no_o danger_n nor_o inconvenience_n can_v just_o be_v fear_v from_o such_o a_o king_n the_o benefit_n be_v 1_o he_o subject_v himself_o rather_o to_o the_o realm_n and_o nation_n than_o they_o to_o he_o and_o if_o he_o live_v and_o marry_v in_o england_n both_o he_o and_o his_o child_n will_v quick_o become_v english_a 2_o for_o his_o assurance_n he_o must_v be_v enforce_v to_o cherish_v the_o english_a thereby_o to_o gain_v and_o perpetuate_v to_o himself_o their_o goodwill_n and_o friendship_n 3_o he_o enter_v with_o indifferent_a mind_n towards_o all_o man_n have_v no_o kindred_n or_o alliance_n within_o the_o land_n to_o who_o he_o be_v bind_v nor_o enemy_n against_o who_o he_o may_v be_v incense_v so_o as_o only_a merit_n and_o demerit_n of_o each_o man_n must_v 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hate_v we_o to_o incense_v he_o and_o their_o external_a force_n to_o effect_v his_o and_o their_o design_n the_o mischief_n of_o foreign_a government_n be_v tyranny_n of_o the_o prince_n the_o servitude_n of_o the_o people_n fill_v and_o plant_v the_o realm_n with_o stranger_n and_o divide_v among_o they_o the_o honour_n dignity_n riches_n and_o preferment_n thereof_o all_o which_o be_v incident_a in_o all_o probability_n to_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o government_n and_o to_o be_v fear_v in_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o king_n of_o scot_n who_o case_n be_v within_o the_o second_o branch_n thereof_o and_o may_v hereafter_o be_v within_o the_o first_o foreign_a prince_n affect_v by_o some_o country_n best_o roman_a emperor_n stranger_n where_o king_n go_v by_o election_n common_o they_o take_v stranger_n in_o the_o second_o kind_n sect._n 105._o so_o do_v the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o roman_n in_o their_o first_o monarchy_n and_o of_o late_a the_o polonian_n in_o the_o succession_n of_o their_o three_o last_o king_n and_o the_o venetian_n by_o way_n of_o good_a policy_n have_v make_v a_o perpetual_a law_n that_o when_o they_o be_v to_o war_n and_o must_v needs_o choose_v a_o general_n he_o be_v a_o stranger_n to_o wit_n some_o prince_n of_o italy_n who_o be_v out_o of_o their_o own_o state_n thereby_o to_o have_v he_o the_o more_o indifferent_a and_o equal_a to_o they_o all_o among_o the_o latter_a roman_n their_o best_a and_o most_o famous_a emperor_n be_v stranger_n as_o trajan_n and_o adrian_n spaniard_n septimius_n severus_n a_o african_a constantine_n english_a their_o worst_a roman_n as_o caligula_n nero_n heliogabalus_n commodus_n foreign_a government_n which_o best_a which_o worst_a this_o second_o then_o s._n 105._o be_v the_o best_a in_o the_o first_o kind_n of_o be_v under_o foreign_a government_n and_o as_o a_o province_n to_o be_v rule_v by_o deputy_n viceroy_n etc._n etc._n as_o the_o state_n mention_v s._n 19_o and_o as_o all_o the_o province_n of_o 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