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constit_fw-la c._n col_fw-fr 2._o chass_n catal_a glor_n mun_n part_n 5._o consid_fw-la 24._o all_o these_o go_v no_o other_o way_n say_v our_o learned_a countryman_n but_o thus_o the_o king_n can_v do_v all_o thing_n which_o by_o law_n he_o can_v do_v and_o that_o hold_v in_o he_o id_fw-la possumus_fw-la quod_fw-la jure_fw-la possumus_fw-la lex_fw-la rex_fw-la q._n 26._o ass_n 3._o this_o be_v a_o very_a quick_a and_o noble_a gloss_n but_o for_o myself_o as_o i_o judge_v their_o meaning_n to_o be_v nothing_o such_o so_o i_o be_o indifferent_a whether_o it_o be_v so_o or_o not_o no_o question_n there_o be_v many_o who_o do_v plead_v for_o absolute_a and_o arbitrary_a monarchy_n beside_o the_o nation_n of_o royalist_n and_o those_o to_o who_o temper_n absolute_a monarchy_n do_v most_o relish_n we_o find_v
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shall_v thou_o set_v king_n over_o thou_o thou_o may_v not_o set_v a_o stranger_n over_o thou_o who_o be_v not_o thy_o brother_n ibid._n 3_o he_o must_v not_o tyrannize_v over_o the_o people_n by_o levy_v force_n and_o by_o strength_n of_o hand_n draw_v they_o into_o egyptian_a slavery_n he_o shall_v not_o multiply_v horse_n to_o himself_o nor_o cause_v the_o people_n to_o return_v to_o egypt_n to_o the_o end_n that_o he_o shall_v multiply_v horse_n forasmuch_o as_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o you_o you_o shall_v henceforth_o return_v no_o more_o that_o way_n ibid._n these_o word_n proper_o and_o in_o their_o emphatic_a sense_n can_v import_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o discharge_n of_o the_o king_n by_o force_n and_o army_n to_o tyrannize_v over_o his_o people_n that_o bring_v they_o into_o bondage_n and_o upon_o their_o ruin_n he_o may_v not_o strengthen_v himself_o and_o multiply_v his_o force_n so_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n do_v with_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n whileas_o 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we_o that_o noah_n nin._n a_o 19_o give_v he_o liberty_n to_o stay_v beside_o he_o three_o year_n in_o italy_n but_o find_v how_o he_o do_v corrupt_v the_o colony_n there_o he_o command_v he_o to_o be_v go_v and_o he_o do_v so_o and_o yet_o at_o this_o time_n he_o be_v the_o saturn_n of_o egypt_n a_o mighty_a king_n and_o of_o great_a power_n both_o in_o egypt_n and_o in_o italy_n ant._n lib._n 5._o i_o think_v there_o be_v very_o good_a reason_n for_o it_o to_o say_v that_o noah_n in_o so_o far_o have_v a_o absolute_a power_n over_o they_o as_o that_o none_o of_o they_o in_o a_o direct_a and_o positive_a way_n will_v have_v act_v against_o his_o commandment_n despise_v he_o as_o a_o enemy_n and_o as_o one_o on_o who_o they_o will_v and_o do_v execute_v their_o fury_n the_o most_o we_o can_v call_v they_o be_v
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codrus_n for_o remove_v of_o this_o difficulty_n observe_v that_o there_o be_v some_o who_o do_v govern_v only_o as_o prince_n and_o some_o do_v rule_n as_o king_n those_o who_o govern_v as_o prince_n be_v of_o a_o threefold_a kind_n 1._o some_o of_o they_o be_v appoint_v to_o govern_v for_o their_o whole_a life-time_n who_o be_v thirteen_o in_o number_n each_o of_o they_o reign_v after_o another_o 2._o some_o of_o they_o be_v decennal_a prince_n seven_o in_o number_n who_o govern_v every_o one_o of_o they_o for_o the_o space_n of_o ten_o year_n the_o last_o of_o the_o decennall_a prince_n be_v erixias_n who_o government_n left-off_a a_o mun_n 3282_o before_o the_o reign_n of_o pisistratus_n about_o 128._o year_n 3._o some_o of_o they_o be_v annual_a and_o yearly_a magistrate_n some_o will_v think_v it_o strange_a to_o say_v that_o these_o three_o kind_n of_o prince_n have_v that_o same_o power_n and_o authority_n which_o theseus_n and_o codrus_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prince_n have_v no_o more_o power_n but_o to_o provide_v for_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o to_o order_n and_o govern_v the_o battle_n heracl_n de_fw-fr pol._n ath._n this_o come_v just_a to_o that_o which_o aristotle_n say_v concern_v the_o detract_n of_o the_o power_n of_o king_n in_o after-age_n then_o say_v he_o the_o people_n detract_v so_o much_o from_o their_o king_n that_o they_o entrust_v they_o with_o no_o more_o power_n but_o to_o govern_v the_o battle_n and_o to_o oversee_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o sacrifice_n polit._n 3._o cap._n 10._o this_o be_v reckoned-up_a by_o he_o as_o the_o low_a degree_n of_o monarchy_n which_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d most_o according_a to_o law_n and_o of_o the_o laconic_a kind_n pol._n 3._o cap._n 10._o and_o 11._o but_o if_o you_o shall_v allege_v that_o the_o yearly_a prince_n among_o the_o athenian_n have_v not_o such_o power_n as_o the_o decennal_a prince_n and_o those_o prince_n who_o keep_v the_o 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after_o he_o to_o william_n the_o conqueror_n who_o be_v of_o near_a kindred_n and_o great_a credit_n with_o he_o if_o he_o have_v not_o child_n of_o his_o own_o but_o this_o be_v not_o only_o improbable_a in_o it-self_n but_o also_o it_o be_v so_o judge_v and_o why_o shall_v we_o think_v otherways_o of_o it_o see_v the_o conqueror_n come_v not_o to_o the_o crown_n of_o england_n by_o blood-right_a but_o by_o mere_a conquest_n have_v the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o england_n against_o he_o and_o polydore_n say_v hinc_fw-la colligere_fw-la licet_fw-la vel_fw-la edovardum_fw-la non_fw-la servasse_fw-la fidem_fw-la gulielmo_n quam_fw-la à _fw-la principio_fw-la de_fw-fr hereditate_fw-la regni_fw-la non_fw-la satis_fw-la considerate_a dedisset_fw-la vel_fw-la nullum_fw-la quod_fw-la verisimilius_fw-la est_fw-la fecisse_fw-la promissum_fw-la angl._n hist_o lib._n 8._o this_o he_o gather_v from_o that_o which_o edward_n speak_v to_o haraldus_n whileas_o he_o pray_v god_n that_o either_o he_o 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