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they_o will_v maintain_v to_o the_o utter_a impoverish_n and_o ruine_v of_o the_o country_n yea_o they_o have_v burn_v sack_a plunder_v many_o whole_a town_n city_n county_n and_o spoil_v thousand_o of_o all_o they_o have_v contrary_a to_o their_o very_a promise_n article_n agreement_n which_o they_o never_o faithful_o observe_v to_o any_o in_o the_o least_o degree_n and_o all_o this_o to_o ruin_v the_o kingdom_n people_n parliament_z and_o religion_n yet_o they_o justify_v these_o their_o action_n and_o the_o parliament_n people_z must_v not_o control_n nor_o deem_v they_o traitor_n to_o their_o country_n for_o it_o and_o may_v not_o the_o parliament_n then_o more_o just_o impose_v a_o moderate_a in-destructive_a necessary_a tax_n without_o the_o king_n for_o the_o kingdom_n religion_n and_o people_n defence_n and_o preservation_n against_o their_o barbarous_a tax_n plundering_n and_o devastation_n than_o the_o king_n or_o his_o commander_n soldier_n play_v such_o rex_fw-la and_o 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