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be_v not_o to_o stand_v in_o the_o way_n or_o obstruct_v the_o right_n or_o those_o to_o who_o they_o be_v indulge_v or_o grant_v chap._n xix_o that_o those_o many_o other_o immunity_n and_o priviledgeâ—_n have_v neither_o be_v abolish_v or_o so_o much_o as_o murmur_v at_o by_o those_o that_o have_v yield_v a_o assent_n and_o obedience_n thereunto_o although_o they_o have_v at_o some_o time_n and_o upon_o some_o occasion_n receive_v some_o loss_n damage_n or_o inconvenience_n thereby_o for_o the_o law_n which_o have_v allow_v they_o to_o be_v good_a and_o warrantable_a can_v not_o but_o apprehend_v that_o a_o possibility_n of_o loss_n and_o prejudice_n will_v come_v to_o other_o by_o they_o and_o our_o king_n and_o prince_n do_v by_o their_o law_n bear_v a_o great_a respect_n and_o take_v a_o great_a care_n of_o the_o whole_a than_o of_o the_o less_o or_o of_o any_o part_n of_o the_o great_a 281._o and_o have_v a_o great_a regard_n to_o the_o general_a and_o more_o universal_a than_o 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