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the_o sup_n potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n q._n 2._o cap._n 5._o teach_v aliquem_fw-la esse_fw-la regem_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la habere_fw-la superioritatem_fw-la erga_fw-la subditos_fw-la &_o in_o subditis_fw-la esse_fw-la obligationem_fw-la parendi_fw-la regi_fw-la etc._n etc._n one_o to_o be_v a_o king_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o have_v a_o politic_a both_o directive_n and_o coercive_a power_n of_o superiority_n over_o all_o the_o people_n of_o his_o dominion_n and_o that_o consequent_o there_o be_v obligation_n answerable_a on_o the_o same_o people_n as_o subject_n to_o obey_v he_o however_o bellarmine_n will_v needs_o by_o so_o many_o absurd_a argument_n uphold_v his_o very_a absurd_a sentence_n which_o say_v in_o plain_a term_n the_o king_n to_o be_v king_n of_o clerk_n and_o yet_o clerk_n not_o to_o be_v subject_n to_o the_o king_n a_o city_n or_o people_n to_o be_v absolute_o free_a and_o yet_o have_v the_o king_n for_o their_o king_n and_o 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