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thessalonicae_fw-la morte_fw-la mulciari_fw-la jubet_fw-la vindiciae_fw-la contra_fw-la tyrannos_fw-la quae._n 4._o pag._n 204._o and_o licinius_n be_v both_o of_o they_o emperor_n in_o one_o commonwealth_n of_o equal_a power_n and_o that_o vulgar_a say_n be_v well_o know_v par_fw-fr in_fw-la parem_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la potestatem_fw-la yet_o notwithstanding_o when_o licinius_n banish_v vex_a kill_v many_o christian_n and_o among_o they_o many_o noble_a one_o either_o because_o of_o their_o religion_n or_o under_o that_o pretence_n constantine_n wage_v war_n upon_o he_o by_o force_n procure_v for_o the_o christian_n free_a exercise_n of_o their_o religion_n and_o at_o last_o put_v licinius_n to_o death_n at_o thessalâ—nica_n who_o have_v break_v his_o promise_n and_o return_v to_o his_o former_a cruelty_n so_o junius_n brutus_n who_o also_o add_v that_o when_o the_o empire_n be_v divide_v between_o constantine_n three_o son_n and_o constantine_n the_o elder_a maintain_v the_o 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etc._n p._n 23._o this_o vote_n by_o which_o the_o majority_n be_v exclude_v be_v contrary_a to_o the_o vote_n of_o that_o