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to_o guard_v and_o defend_v the_o member_n to_o both_o house_n to_o fit_v and_o vote_n with_o freedom_n and_o safety_n by_o arm_a force_n to_o secure_v and_o imprison_v above_o 40._o member_n at_o once_o and_o to_o seclude_v above_o 200._o more_o by_o their_o command_n be_v the_o minority_n of_o the_o house_n at_o the_o house_n door_n and_o suppress_v the_o whole_a house_n of_o lord_n three_o or_o four_o time_n one_o after_o another_o after_o their_o execution_n and_o sequestration_n and_o what_o punishment_n such_o unprecedented_a offence_n deâ—â—erit_v shall_v we_o demand_v justice_n against_o they_o for_o it_o after_o so_o many_o provocation_n and_o not_o willing_o preteâ—mit_v it_o upon_o their_o repentance_n and_o satisfaction_n for_o the_o public_a peace_n and_o settlement_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o our_o present_a dist._n action_n upon_o their_o voluntary_a admission_n of_o we_o without_o any_o of_o their_o new_a eagagement_n on_o our_o conscience_n to_o discharge_v our_o trust_n 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hâ—gh_a treason_n and_o shall_v suffer_v and_o forfeit_v as_o in_o case_n of_o high_a treason_n if_o then_o they_o shall_v forcible_o seclude_v not_o only_o the_o whole_a house_n of_o lord_n but_o the_o majority_n of_o the_o knight_n citizen_n and_o burgess_n out_o of_o the_o commons_o house_n as_o now_o they_o do_v most_o county_n city_n and_o borough_n of_o england_n have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o knight_n citizen_n or_o burgess_n to_o represent_v they_o be_v all_o forcible_o exclude_v or_o dead_a they_o be_v not_o a_o five_o part_n of_o the_o house_n who_o can_v never_o legal_o impose_v any_o tax_n upon_o the_o people_n before_o nov._n 3._o 1640._o nor_o since_o as_o all_o these_o act_n with_o *_o imposition_n sundry_a other_o record_n and_o law-book_n resolve_v they_o can_v make_v no_o law_n order_n ordinance_n that_o be_v bind_v nor_o impose_v the_o least_o tax_n talluge_n imposition_n excise_n contribution_n or_o any_o other_o payment_n whatsoever_o upon_o the_o people_n 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