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set_v up_o magistrate_n so_o much_o for_o their_o own_o sake_n to_o domineer_v over_o who_o they_o will_v as_o for_o the_o people_n sake_n that_o they_o may_v have_v to_o who_o to_o resort_v and_o on_o who_o they_o may_v rely_v for_o help_v in_o their_o necessity_n herein_o the_o precedency_n of_o ruler_n above_o the_o vulgar_a singular_o consist_v whereby_o they_o have_v the_o title_n of_o god_n that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o succour_v those_o that_o be_v in_o misery_n polit._n princeps_fw-la probus_fw-la parum_fw-la differt_fw-la à _fw-la parent_n probo_fw-la xenophon_n regum_fw-la aut_fw-la est_fw-la aut_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la paternum_fw-la imperium_fw-la arist_n polit._n and_o to_o do_v more_o good_a than_o other_o be_v xenophon_n say_v that_o a_o good_a prince_n differ_v little_a from_o a_o good_a parent_n and_o aristotle_n in_o his_o politic_n say_v that_o king_n ought_v to_o govern_v their_o subject_n as_o tender_a father_n minister_n likewise_o ought_v to_o be_v very_o 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