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of_o god_n of_o all_o people_n and_o â—onguâ—s_n and_o nation_n who_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v number_v iâ—_n this_o number_n of_o the_o elect_n which_o we_o know_v shall_v be_v but_o the_o least_o part_n of_o mankind_n be_v so_o great_a that_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v number_v how_o great_a do_v we_o think_v that_o of_o angel_n shall_v be_v who_o be_v ten_o time_n beyond_o the_o number_n of_o all_o man_n put_v together_o and_o most_o worthy_o have_v this_o celestial_a monarch_n so_o great_a a_o number_n of_o courtier_n for_o if_o as_o the_o wise_a man_n say_v in_o multitudine_fw-la populi_fw-la dignitas_fw-la regis_fw-la &_o in_o paucitate_fw-la plebis_fw-la ignominia_fw-la principis_fw-la prou._n 14._o in_o the_o multitude_n of_o people_n consist_v the_o dignity_n of_o a_o king_n and_o in_o the_o scarcity_n of_o subject_n the_o ignominy_n of_o the_o prince_n sâ—ing_v that_o god_n be_v that_o most_o excellent_a prince_n rex_fw-la regum_fw-la &_o dominus_fw-la dominantium_fw-la 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