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when_o they_o assemble_v i_o be_o so_o far_o from_o inhibit_v they_o to_o withstand_v the_o rage_a licentiousness_n of_o king_n according_a to_o their_o duty_n that_o if_o they_o connive_v at_o king_n outrageous_o encroach_a upon_o and_o insult_v over_o the_o inferior_a common_a people_n i_o shall_v affirm_v that_o their_o dissimulation_n want_v not_o nefarious_a perfidiousness_n because_o they_o fraudulent_o betray_v the_o liberty_n of_o the_o people_n of_o which_o they_o know_v themselves_o ordain_v protector_n by_o god_n ordinance_n the_o second_o be_v fuldericus_fw-la zuinglius_fw-la explanatio_fw-la artic._n 42._o quando_fw-la vero_fw-la perfide_fw-la &_o extra_fw-la regulam_fw-la christi_fw-la principes_fw-la egerint_fw-la possint_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la deponi_fw-la consensu_fw-la &_o suffragiis_fw-la totius_fw-la aut_fw-la certe_fw-la potioris_fw-la partis_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la quaeris_fw-la quando_fw-la id_fw-la fiet_fw-la ut_fw-la major_n pars_fw-la populi_fw-la bono_fw-mi consentiat_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la dico_fw-la quod_fw-la antea_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la ut_fw-la maâ—um_fw-la tollant_fw-la ferant_fw-la jugum_fw-la tyranni_fw-la &_o demum_fw-la cum_fw-la eo_fw-la perceant_a nec_fw-la querantur_fw-la sibi_fw-la fieri_fw-la injuâ—iam_fw-la cum_fw-la sua_fw-la culpa_fw-la id_fw-la mereantur_fw-la ut_fw-la quidvis_fw-la patiâ—â—ntur_fw-la quis_fw-la ergo_fw-la miretur_fw-la si_fw-la populus_fw-la ob_fw-la flagitia_fw-la &_o scelera_fw-la principum_fw-la paenas_fw-la luat_fw-la primum_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la juxta_fw-la naurae_fw-la regulam_fw-la cum_fw-la proximo_fw-la agimus_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la fratâ—es_fw-la essemus_fw-la &_o principe_fw-la nullo_n esset_fw-la opus_fw-la deinde_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la summo_fw-la study_v justitiam_fw-la sectamur_fw-la &_o exosam_fw-la habemus_fw-la injustitiam_fw-la omnes_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la facile_fw-la fieret_fw-la ut_fw-la unanimi_fw-la consensu_fw-la tyrannunt_fw-la officio_fw-la moveremus_fw-la nunc_fw-la cum_fw-la tam_fw-la â—epidi_fw-la sumus_fw-la in_o tuenda_fw-la justitia_fw-la publica_fw-la sinimus_fw-la ut_fw-la impune_fw-la vitia_fw-la tyrannorum_fw-la hodie_fw-la regnent_fw-la merito_fw-la ergo_fw-la ab_fw-la