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do_v determine_v to_o be_v tyranny_n that_o say_v he_o 25._o pag._n 25._o be_v tyrannous_a which_o in_o a_o tyrant_n be_v wont_a and_o ordinary_a in_o aiust_a prince_n extraordinary_a and_o casual_a to_o take_v away_o famous_a and_o excellent_a man_n to_o expel_v or_o drive_v away_o those_o that_o be_v wise_a to_o exterminate_v study_n to_o have_v and_o countenance_v such_o about_o he_o as_o be_v envious_a private_a calumniator_n and_o accuser_n of_o other_o to_o follow_v &_o delight_n in_o bloody_a war_n these_o &_o other_o of_o that_o kind_n he_o say_v to_o be_v tyrannous_a how_o albericus_n be_v these_o tyrannous_a i_o think_v the_o supreme_a power_n have_v be_v unlimited_a why_o so_o it_o be_v for_o he_o say_v that_o even_o these_o very_a action_n which_o immediate_o before_o he_o style_v tyrannous_a possunt_fw-la aliquandoetiam_fw-la esse_fw-la justa_fw-la may_v sometime_o be_v just_a may_v tyrannous_a action_n be_v just_a what_o a_o diametrical_a contradiction_n be_v this_o he_o 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