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be_v the_o brutal_a force_n the_o aggressor_n have_v use_v that_o give_v his_o adversary_n a_o right_a to_o take_v away_o his_o life_n as_o a_o noxious_a creature_n but_o it_o be_v only_a damage_n sustain_v that_o give_v title_n to_o another_o man_n good_n it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o the_o otherwise_o practice_n of_o the_o world_n be_v otherwise_o and_o we_o common_o see_v the_o conqueror_n whether_o just_a or_o unjust_a by_o the_o force_n he_o have_v over_o the_o conquer_a compel_v they_o with_o a_o sword_n at_o their_o breast_n to_o stoop_v to_o his_o condition_n and_o submit_v to_o such_o a_o government_n as_o he_o please_v to_o afford_v they_o but_o we_o inquire_v not_o now_o what_o be_v the_o practice_n but_o what_o right_o there_o be_v to_o do_v so_o if_o it_o be_v say_v the_o conquer_a submit_v by_o their_o own_o consent_n then_o this_o allow_v consent_n necessary_a to_o give_v the_o conqueror_n a_o title_n to_o rule_v over_o they_o but_o then_o we_o may_v inquire_v 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fortune_n of_o all_o those_o who_o he_o find_v in_o the_o nation_n their_o wife_n posterity_n etc._n etc._n so_o as_o to_o make_v perpetual_a slave_n of_o they_o and_o their_o generation_n to_o come_v let_v we_o next_o inquire_v whether_o concession_n grant_v obligatory_a by_o such_o a_o victorious_a hero_n do_v not_o bind_v the_o exorbitancy_n of_o his_o power_n and_o whether_o he_o be_v not_o oblige_v strict_o to_o observe_v these_o grant_n and_o here_o i_o believe_v no_o man_n of_o common_a sense_n or_o justice_n will_v deny_v it_o none_o that_o have_v ever_o consider_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o nation_n can_v possible_o hesitate_n on_o this_o matter_n the_o very_a propose_v it_o strike_v the_o sense_n and_o common_a notion_n of_o all_o man_n so_o forcible_o that_o it_o need_v no_o far_a proof_n i_o shall_v therefore_o insist_v no_o long_o on_o it_o but_o hasten_v to_o consider_v how_o far_o this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o ireland_n and_o that_o bring_v i_o natural_o to_o the_o 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an._n 1172._o vit._n h._n 2._o and_o not_o only_o thus_o but_o if_o we_o parliamentum_fw-la may_v give_v credit_n to_o sir_n edward_n cook_n in_o the_o four_o instit._n cap._n 1._o and_o 76._o and_o to_o the_o inscription_n to_o the_o irish_a modus_fw-la tenendi_fw-la parliamentum_fw-la it_o will_v clear_o appear_v that_o henry_n the_o second_o do_v not_o only_o settle_v the_o the_o law_n of_o england_n in_o ireland_n and_o the_o jurisdiction_n eclesiastical_a there_o by_o the_o voluntary_a acceptance_n and_o allowance_n of_o the_o nobility_n and_o clergy_n but_o do_v likewise_o allow_v they_o the_o freedom_n of_o hold_v of_o parliament_n in_o ireland_n as_o a_o separate_a and_o distinct_a kingdom_n from_o england_n and_o do_v then_o send_v they_o a_o modus_fw-la to_o direct_v they_o how_o to_o hold_v their_o parliament_n there_o the_o title_n of_o which_o modus_fw-la run_v thus_o henricus_fw-la rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la conquestor_n &_o dominus_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la etc._n etc._n 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