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this_o recognition_n declare_v so_o often_o as_o he_o do_v particular_o in_o p._n 198._o that_o the_o succession_n of_o the_o crown_n be_v the_o right_n of_o the_o whole_a community_n their_o appointment_n their_o constitution_n and_o creature_n in_o parliament_n do_v he_o never_o read_v what_o be_v say_v by_o grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_fw-la he_o say_v if_o a_o kingdom_n descend_v by_o succession_n a_o act_n of_o alienation_n be_v in_o itself_o null_a l._n 1._o c._n 4._o s_o 9_o which_o agree_v with_o what_o bishop_n sanderson_n deliver_v before_o and_o mr._n hunt_v himself_o say_v grotius_n be_v more_o than_o ten_o witness_n and_o if_o you_o add_v the_o bishop_n i_o think_v they_o of_o more_o value_n than_o a_o hundred_o in_o quâ_fw-la tandem_fw-la civitate_fw-la catilina_n arbitraris_fw-la te_fw-la vivere_fw-la say_v cicero_n you_o that_o make_v hue_n and_o cry_n after_o such_o as_o write_v for_o religion_n and_o loyalty_n as_o if_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o banish_v 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