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ex_fw-la levibus_fw-la signis_fw-la b._n th._n aquinas_n suspitio_fw-la est_fw-la actus_fw-la per_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o dubitationem_fw-la trahimur_fw-la meos_fw-la tam_fw-la suspicion_n quam_fw-la crimine_fw-la judico_fw-la career_n oportere_fw-la suet._n in_o vitâ_fw-la j._n gaes_n what_o a_o tyrant_n be_v aristot._n in_o ethic_n idem_fw-la bias_n apud_fw-la plut._n libel_n de_fw-fr adulat_fw-la c._n 37._o lucan_n seneca_n hâ—râ—ules_n fâ—â—â—â—â—_n demosthines_n claudian_n in_o râ—ss_n juvenal_n satire_n 4._o parliam_fw-la an._n 1_o rich._n 3._o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n say_v that_o the_o name_n of_o benevolence_n as_o it_o be_v take_v in_o the_o time_n of_o k._n edw._n 4_o signify_v that_o every_o man_n shall_v pay_v not_o what_o he_o of_o his_o own_o good_a will_v listen_v but_o what_o the_o king_n of_o his_o good_a will_n list_v â—o_o take_v duke_n buck_n apud_fw-la tâ—oâ—am_fw-la moor._n come_v arund_n vi_fw-la voce_fw-mi king_n james._n jane_n shore_n anonymous_n 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de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la l._n 4._o the_o praise_n of_o the_o three_o princely_a brother_n the_o good_a work_n of_o king_n richard_n john_n stow_n annal._n polidor_n lib._n â—5_n richard_n love_v not_o wichwood_n for_o his_o brother_n unhappy_a marriage_n in_o rot._n in_o domo_fw-la conversorum_fw-la aâ—_n 1_o r._n 3._o charles_n the_o great_a institute_v the_o college_n and_o society_n of_o armorist_n call_v they_o herald_n of_o ehr_n &_o halten_n dutch_a or_o franchish_a word_n and_o not_o of_o hero_n pacem_fw-la &_o vxorem_fw-la neptem_fw-la regis_fw-la petit_fw-la richardus_fw-la suis_fw-la statura_fw-la parva_fw-la to_o be_v slay_v in_o war_n be_v no_o evil_a or_o unhappy_a death_n optimes_fw-la quosque_fw-la violenta_fw-la morte_fw-la consumptos_fw-la esse_fw-la affirmat_fw-la lam._n alexander_n king_n richard_n be_v slay_v aug._n 22._o 1493._o when_o he_o have_v reign_v 2_o year_n and_o 5_o month_n account_v his_o protectorship_n and_o about_o the_o 37th_o year_n of_o his_o age_n 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man_n by_o their_o outside_n or_o as_o boy_n poetry_n with_o a_o tickle_a faith_n through_o such_o wide_a ear_n and_o observation_n creep_v in_o that_o parasitisme_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o pride_n and_o usurpation_n on_o the_o other_o side_n that_o make_v the_o house_n of_o lancaster_n and_o the_o beaufort_n somerset_n alias_o somerset_n all_o one_o which_o whilst_o the_o house_n of_o york_n flourish_v be_v hold_v to_o differ_v as_o much_o as_o royal_a and_o feudall_n sovereignty_n and_o suzeraignty_n for_o their_o modesty_n at_o first_o be_v very_o well_o please_v with_o that_o of_o beaufort_n and_o it_o seem_v honourable_a enough_o until_o the_o child_n of_o john_n de_fw-fr beaufort_n the_o elder_a brother_n be_v earl_n of_o somerset_n assume_v the_o name_n of_o their_o father_n great_a honour_n and_o earldom_n for_o their_o surname_n and_o the_o rest_n follow_v quite_o leave_v the_o name_n of_o beaufort_n and_o make_v the_o other_o hereditary_a from_o this_o john_n de_fw-fr 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