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so_o or_o consent_v to_o have_v it_o so_o postscript_n pag._n 43._o some_o other_o condition_n must_v needs_o be_v requisite_a for_o come_v to_o government_n by_o succession_n beside_o the_o only_a propinquity_n or_o priority_n in_o blood_n and_o yet_o it_o seem_v they_o be_v not_o prescribe_v by_o any_o law_n of_o nature_n or_o divine_a for_o that_o then_o they_o shall_v be_v both_o immutable_a and_o the_o self_n same_o in_o all_o country_n as_o god_n and_o nature_n be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o all_o without_o change_n where_o notwithstanding_o we_o see_v that_o these_o condition_n and_o circumstance_n of_o succeed_v by_o birth_n be_v divers_a or_o different_a in_o different_a country_n as_o also_o they_o be_v subject_a to_o change_n according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o kingdom_n id._n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 1._o p._n 2._o the_o succession_n to_o the_o crown_n be_v of_o a_o civil_a nature_n not_o establish_v by_o any_o divine_a right_n several_a kingdom_n have_v several_a law_n 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