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and_o then_o seize_v and_o confiscate_v they_o at_o their_o pleasure_n as_o you_o may_v read_v at_o large_a in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o part_n of_o my_o sâ—…ort_a 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o iâ—…ws_v long_o discontinue_v barâ—…d_a remitter_n intoâ—…_n englaud_v will_v not_o prove_v a_o great_a grievance_n than_o this_o patent_n for_o the_o self_n same_o reason_n and_o sundry_a other_o whether_o the_o committee_n for_o sole_a approbation_n of_o minister_n to_o living_n who_o must_v all_o post_n up_o to_o london_n and_o there_o dance_v attendance_n sundry_a week_n or_o month_n to_o their_o vast_a expense_n and_o oft_o time_n return_v at_o last_o withâ—…t_v their_o expect_a preferment_n without_o any_o sufficient_a cause_n allege_v either_o to_o their_o patron_n or_o themselves_o be_v hold_v fit_a for_o other_o living_n but_o not_o for_o those_o to_o which_o they_o be_v present_v especial_o if_o benefice_n of_o good_a value_n or_o note_n to_o which_o some_o of_o the_o approver_n their_o 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less_o than_o high_a treason_n in_o other_o not_o only_o by_o the_o *_o 16._o *_o see_v the_o 〈◊〉_d to_o my_o speech_n in_o parliament_n p._n 15_o 16._o parliament_n of_o 4_o e._n 3._o n._n 1._o 21_o r._n 2._o cap._n 12._o 1_o h._n 4._o rot_n parl._n n._n 21_o 22._o 31_o h._n 6._o c._n 1._o 3_o jac._n c._n 1_o 2._o and_o in_o chaloner_n and_o tomkins_n case_n june_n 14._o 1647._o in_o the_o last_o parliament_n of_o king_n charles_n a_o collection_n of_o ordinance_n p._n 200._o to_o 206._o but_o likewise_o by_o the_o army_n officer_n (e)_o 1647._o (e)_o their_o remonstraâ—…ce_n and_o reâ—…resentation_n aug._n 2._o and_o 18._o â—…_z and_o 7_o 〈◊〉_d 1647._o thâ—…ir_a charge_n june_n 14._o 1647._o themselves_o yea_o the_o very_a groundwork_n of_o all_o the_o uncapability_n penalty_n sequestration_n decimation_n forseiture_n they_o have_v impose_v on_o other_o for_o levy_v war_n and_o adhere_v unto_o the_o late_a king_n against_o the_o parliament_n which_o they_o but_o mediate_o and_o 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