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be_v limit_v and_o restrain_v by_o law_n and_o rule_n of_o right_a as_o be_v large_o set_v down_o in_o the_o mirror_n consistiâ—_n p._n 8._o esâ—ierent_a de_fw-fr eux_fw-fr un_fw-fr roy_fw-fr a_o reigner_n sur_fw-fr eux_fw-fr &_o governor_n le_fw-fr people_n d'dieu_o &_o a_o maintainer_n &_o defendre_fw-fr les_fw-fr person_n &_o les_fw-fr biens_fw-fr en_fw-fr quiet_a per_fw-mi les_fw-fr rule_n d'droit_fw-fr &_o all_o comencement_n ilz_n fieront_fw-fr le_fw-fr roy_fw-fr jurer_n que_fw-fr il_fw-fr mainteindroit_fw-fr la_fw-fr sanct_a foy_fw-fr christian_n ove_fw-la tout_fw-fr son_fw-fr poyar_n &_o sa_o people_n guideroit_fw-fr per_fw-la droit_fw-fr sans_fw-fr regard_n a_fw-fr ascun_fw-fr person_n &_o serroit_fw-fr abbeissant_a a_o suffer_v droit_fw-fr come_v autres_fw-fr de_fw-fr son_fw-fr people_n and_o p._n 9_o in_o case_n the_o king_n do_v wrong_a to_o any_o of_o his_o people_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v judge_n and_o party_n too_o convient_fw-la per_fw-la droit_fw-fr que_fw-fr 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1._o cap._n 10._o all_o public_a regiment_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o seem_v evident_o to_o have_v rise_v from_o deliberate_a advice_n consultation_n and_o composition_n between_o men._n and_o after_o a_o large_a discourse_n to_o that_o purpose_n he_o have_v these_o word_n that_o which_o we_o speak_v before_o concern_v the_o power_n of_o government_n must_v here_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o power_n of_o make_v law_n whereby_o to_o govern_v which_o power_n god_n have_v over_o all_o and_o by_o the_o natural_a law_n whereunto_o he_o have_v make_v all_o subject_a the_o lawful_a power_n of_o make_v law_n to_o command_v whole_a politic_a society_n of_o man_n belong_v so_o proper_o unto_o the_o same_o entire_a society_n that_o for_o any_o prince_n or_o potentate_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o upon_o earth_n to_o exercise_v the_o same_o of_o himself_o and_o not_o either_o by_o express_a commission_n immediate_o and_o personal_o receive_v from_o god_n or_o else_o by_o authority_n derive_v at_o 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