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141._o 143_o 144._o see_v also_o king_n james_n opinion_n betwixt_o a_o real_a king_n and_o a_o tyrant_n in_o his_o speech_n to_o the_o parliament_n 1609._o see_v my_o book_n call_v the_o outcry_n of_o oppress_a commons_o pag._n 16._o 17._o 18._o and_o regal_a tyranny_n pag._n 32._o 33_o 34_o 35._o etc._n etc._n 59_o 60._o 61_o 62._o but_o to_o behead_v the_o king_n for_o tyranny_n and_o treason_n who_o be_v fence_v about_o with_o the_o letter_n of_o multitude_n of_o law_n put_v this_o out_o of_o all_o dispute_n &_o high_a way_n man_n &_o apprehend_v secure_a and_o bring_v they_o to_o justice_n in_o a_o new_a representative_a choose_v by_o virtue_n of_o a_o just_a agreement_n among_o the_o pecple_n there_o be_v no_o other_o way_n in_o the_o world_n to_o preserve_v the_o nation_n but_o that_o alone_a the_o three_o forementioned_a man_n viz._n cromwell_n ireton_n and_o
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