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be_v leave_v out_o in_o sir_n thomas_n fairfax_n his_o commission_n thus_o do_v the_o rebel_n 1._o swear_v to_o live_v and_o die_v with_o their_o own_o general_n essex_n yet_o upon_o second_o thought_n they_o disoblige_v themselves_o from_o that_o oath_n and_o cashier_n he_o of_o his_o command_n 2._o covenant_n to_o preserve_v his_o majesty_n person_n and_o authority_n and_o yet_o afterwards_o authorise_v sir_n tho_n fairfax_n to_o kill_v he_o if_o he_o can_v 3._o they_o vow_v to_o maintain_v the_o protestant_a religion_n yet_o condemn_v and_o discountenance_v the_o essential_a part_n thereof_o and_o introduce_v irreligion_n and_o profaneness_n now_o tell_v i_o reader_n what_o tropological_a sense_n can_v save_v this_o juggle_n from_o flat_a and_o literal_a perjury_n not_o all_o the_o addition_n of_o their_o abrogative_n to_o their_o legislative_a power_n for_o this_o be_v indeed_o to_o abrogate_v christianity_n as_o well_o as_o loyalty_n out_o of_o the_o world_n to_o give_v leave_n 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