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ergo_fw-la bellum_fw-la quod_fw-la ob_fw-la pacem_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la renovandam_fw-la gerimus_fw-la longè_fw-la justissimum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la nobis_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la bello_fw-la adversantur_fw-la damnationem_fw-la sibi_fw-la acquirent_fw-la habituri_fw-la adversarios_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la omnes_fw-la sanctos_fw-la quorum_fw-la reliquias_fw-la &_o sanctas_fw-la imagine_v haeretici_fw-la conculcant_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la deum_fw-la ipsum_fw-la cujus_fw-la gloriam_fw-la oppugnant_fw-la atque_fw-la haec_fw-la sint_fw-la satis_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la nam_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la plenius_fw-la horum_fw-la omnium_fw-la rationem_fw-la perspicere_fw-la velit_fw-la be_v perlegat_fw-la aequitatem_fw-la &_o rationem_fw-la huius_fw-la edicti_fw-la quam_fw-la alius_fw-la plenius_fw-la edendam_fw-la curavimus_fw-la appendix_n ii_o fol._n 24._o the_o relation_n of_o the_o lord_n maguire_n write_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n in_o the_o tower_n and_o deliver_v by_o he_o to_o sir_n john_n conyers_n then_o lieutenant_n to_o present_v to_o the_o lord_n in_o parliament_n be_v in_o dublin_n candlemass_n term_n last_o be_v twelve_o month_n 1640._o the_o parliament_n then_o sit_v mr._n roger_n moor_n do_v write_v to_o i_o desire_v i_o that_o if_o i_o can_v in_o that_o spare_a time_n i_o will_v come_v to_o his_o house_n for_o then_o the_o parliament_n do_v nothing_o but_o sit_v and_o adjourn_v expect_v a_o commission_n for_o the_o continuance_n thereof_o their_o former_a commission_n be_v expire_v and_o that_o some_o thing_n he_o have_v to_o say_v unto_o i_o that_o do_v mere_o concern_v i_o and_o on_o receipt_n of_o his_o letter_n the_o new_a commission_n for_o continue_v the_o parliament_n land_v and_o i_o do_v return_v he_o a_o answer_n that_o i_o can_v not_o fulfil_v his_o request_n for_o that_o present_a and_o thereupon_o he_o himself_o come_v to_o town_n present_o after_o and_o send_v to_o i_o i_o go_v to_o see_v he_o at_o his_o lodging_n and_o 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