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which_o if_o he_o shall_v do_v to_o we_o suppose_v his_o case_n be_v we_o we_o shall_v think_v ourselves_o scarce_o just_o and_o fair_o deal_v withal_o 5._o but_o last_o in_o case_n no_o such_o accord_n can_v be_v make_v either_o by_o agreement_n of_o party_n or_o mediation_n of_o friend_n and_o that_o through_o the_o only_a default_n and_o stifness_n of_o the_o executor_n a._n b._n have_v by_o all_o fair_a way_n faithful_o seek_v and_o endeavour_v the_o same_o i_o see_v not_o but_o the_o say_v a._n b._n may_v but_o not_o to_o be_v do_v but_o as_o his_o last_o refuge_n seek_v to_o relieve_v himself_o according_a to_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o council_n by_o make_v his_o address_n to_o such_o person_n or_o personage_n as_o for_o the_o time_n be_v shall_v be_v in_o actual_a possession_n of_o the_o supreme_a power_n and_o so_o in_o a_o capacity_n to_o over-rule_v the_o law_n in_o a_o case_n of_o that_o nature_n by_o forgive_a that_o debt_n whereupon_o the_o king_n be_v colourable_o and_o fraudulent_o entitle_v for_o private_a advantage_n to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o three_o person_n but_o be_v not_o at_o all_o a_o debt_n owe_v to_o he_o from_o the_o obligee_n b._n p._n 17._o july_n 1658._o the_o end_n end_n votum_fw-la soli_fw-la deo_fw-la fit_a sed_fw-la promissio_fw-la potest_fw-la fieri_fw-la etiam_fw-la homini_fw-la acquit_v 2_o 2._o q._n 88_o 5._o ad_fw-la 3._o 3._o promissio_fw-la deo_fw-la facta_fw-la est_fw-la essentia_fw-la uâ—ti_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n psal._n 76._o 11._o 11._o numb_a 21._o 2._o judg._n 11._o 30._o 1_o sam._n 11._o 25._o 25._o judg._n 11._o 36._o psal._n 56._o 12._o 12._o sponsio_fw-la quâ_fw-la â—oligaâ—nur_v deo_fw-la cic._n 2._o leg._n leg._n jurare_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la deum_fw-la testem_fw-la invocare_fw-la acquit_v 2._o 2._o qu._n 89._o 1._o ex_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr ver_fw-la apost_n serm._n r._n 28._o quod_fw-la affirmas_fw-la si_fw-la dâ—â—_n testern_n promiseris_fw-la id_fw-la tenendum_fw-la est_fw-la cic._n 3._o de_fw-fr offic._n offic._n gen._n 31._o 50._o judg._n 11._o 10._o mal._n 2._o 14._o 14._o rom._n 1._o 9_o 1_o thess._n 1._o 5._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 1._o 3._o phil._n 1._o 28._o 28._o rom._n 7._o 2._o 2._o rom._n 7._o 2._o 2._o 1_o cor._n 7._o 4._o 4._o numb_a 30._o 3._o 3._o quod_fw-la initio_fw-la vitiosum_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la tractu_fw-la temporis_fw-la convalescere_fw-la l._n 29._o f._n de_fw-fr diu._n reg._n ju_o ju_o in_o stipulationibus_fw-la id_fw-la tempus_fw-la spectatur_fw-la quo_fw-la cantrabimus_fw-la l._n 18._o f._n eodem_fw-la eodem_fw-la rom._n 7._o 2_o 3._o 3._o votâ—_n uxorum_fw-la vel_fw-la sâ—ruâ—rum_fw-la exequenda_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d svi_fw-la juris_fw-la 〈◊〉_d vel_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la 〈…〉_z 65._o &_o alios_fw-la alios_fw-la mat._n 5._o 28._o 28._o prov._n 5._o 18._o eccles._n 9_o 9_o 9_o prov._n 5._o 19_o 19_o josh._n 9_o 14_o etc._n etc._n etc._n ibid._n ver_fw-la 19_o 2_o sam._n 21._o 1_o 2._o