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〈◊〉_d that_o be_v take_v this_o sword_n if_o i_o rule_v well_o use_v it_o for_o i_o if_o ill_o against_o i_o but_o as_o to_o private_a person_n he_o say_v moriendum_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la resistendum_fw-la yet_o for_o several_a reason_n i_o can_v take_v his_o word_n in_o the_o sense_n which_o that_o excellent_a and_o learned_a person_n d._n fabritius_n will_v put_v upon_o they_o restrain_v his_o mean_v to_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o empire_n who_o be_v sovereign_a prince_n and_o invest_v with_o royal_a power_n it_o never_o be_v a_o question_n whether_o such_o have_v authority_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o their_o right_n and_o redress_v of_o injury_n to_o levy_v war_n against_o another_o prince_n though_o in_o some_o respect_v great_a than_o themselves_o but_o if_o in_o no_o case_n the_o nobility_n and_o commonalty_n of_o a_o nation_n may_v interpose_v to_o prevent_v the_o imminent_a ruin_n of_o the_o church_n and_o state_n it_o will_v be_v very_o difficult_a to_o 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