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this_o parliament_n also_o refuse_v to_o comply_v with_o the_o king_n cant_n and_o strafâ—rd_n in_o this_o episcopal_a war_n against_o the_o scot_n be_v soon_o dissolve_v and_o break_v up_o by_o they_o and_o thereupon_o they_o return_v to_o their_o former_a way_n of_o waste_n and_o confusion_n and_o the_o very_o next_o day_n after_o the_o dissolution_n thereof_o some_o eminent_a member_n of_o both_o house_n have_v their_o chamber_n and_o study_n yea_o their_o cabinet_n and_o very_a pocket_n of_o their_o wear_a clothes_n betimes_o in_o the_o morning_n before_o they_o be_v out_o of_o their_o bed_n search_v for_o letter_n and_o writing_n and_o some_o of_o they_o also_o imprison_v and_o a_o false_a and_o most_o scandalous_a declaration_n be_v publish_v against_o the_o house_n of_o commons_o in_o the_o king_n name_n 35._o a_o force_a loan_n of_o money_n be_v attempt_v in_o the_o city_n of_o london_n to_o be_v make_v a_o precedent_n if_o it_o prevail_v there_o for_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n 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