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omne_fw-la pericula_fw-la pro_fw-la republica_n subire_fw-la mori_fw-la pro_fw-la patria_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr finibus_fw-la bonorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 365._o and_o tusâ—c_n qâ—â—aest_a p._n 445._o 445._o esth_n 4._o 16._o 16._o see_v their_o print_a declaration_n of_o june_n 14._o 23._o aug._n 1._o 2._o 1647._o their_o agreement_n of_o the_o people_n jan._n 1648._o &_o government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n 1654._o mould_v by_o they_o they_o do_v not_o many_o now_o boast_v talk_v write_v of_o such_o a_o conquest_n by_o the_o army_n over_o england_n england_n quodlibet_n p._n 322_o 323_o 333_o 334._o 334._o 1_o eliz._n c._n 1._o 5_o eu._n c._n 1._o 1._o jac._n c._n 4._o 3._o jac._n c._n 4_o 5._o 7_o jac._n c._n 6._o 16_o caroli_n the_o act_n for_o triennial_n parliament_n parliament_n see_v j._n e._n his_o right_n &_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o prelate_n and_o the_o prince_n cap._n 15._o becanus_n bellarmine_n lessius_fw-la eudoemon_n johannis_n &_o other_o against_o this_o oath_n oath_n see_v the_o print_a edict_n repeal_n they_o &_o enforce_v the_o engagement_n an._n 1649._o 1649._o see_v the_o proposition_n for_o the_o treaty_n treaty_n see_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o covenant_n covenant_n see_v the_o edict_n for_o the_o engagement_n an._n 1649._o 1649._o bellarmin_n de_fw-fr pontâ—f_n romano_n sir_n humh_o line_v his_o via_fw-la devia_fw-la devia_fw-la thucydides_n hist_o l._n 1._o 3_o plutarch_n lysander_n aristot_n polit._n l._n 4_o &_o 5._o 5._o see_v grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n &_o pacis_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 15._o p._n 537._o 537._o watson_n quâ—dlibets_n p._n 320_o 321_o 312_o 332_o 333._o 333._o de_fw-fr monar_n hisp_n c._n 25._o 25._o conte_n de_fw-fr galiazzo_n gualdo_n priorato_fw-la hist_n part_n 3._o p._n 175_o 176._o 176._o optandun_v quidem_fw-la est_fw-la st_z modo_fw-la respublica_fw-la salva_fw-la et_fw-la incolumis_fw-la futura_fw-la sit_fw-la ut_fw-la civitatis_fw-la partâ—s_fw-la omnes_fw-la quidem_fw-la sibi_fw-la constent_fw-la in_o suo_n statu_fw-la permaneant_fw-la at_o ut_fw-la praesenâ—â—ti_fw-la statu_fw-la gaudeant_fw-la reges_fw-la regiae_n dignitatis_fw-la splendore_fw-la commoventur_fw-la optimates_fw-la senatoriae_fw-la haec_fw-la enim_fw-la illis_fw-la pro_fw-la virtutis_fw-la suae_fw-la praemio_fw-la est_fw-la populus_fw-la ephoriae_fw-la aristot_n polit._n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o 7._o see_v 1_o cor._n 12._o 12._o to_o 31._o 25_o h._n 8._o c._n 22._o 26_o h._n 8._o c._n 3._o 1_o jac._n c._n 1_o 2._o 3_o jac._n c._n 1_o 2._o 2._o john_n 17._o 17._o 2_o cor._n 6._o 7._o ephes_n 1._o 12._o jam._n 1._o 18._o 18._o 2_o sa._n 22._o 8._o 16._o job_n 38._o 4_o 6._o ps_n 18._o 15._o &_o 102_o 5._o pro._n 8._o 29._o be_v 24._o 18._o &_o 40._o 21_o &_o 48._o 13._o &_o 51_o 13._o 16._o zech._n 12_o 1._o mic._n 1._o 6._o joh._n 17._o 24_o eph_n 4._o 4_o heb._n 1._o 10._o &_o 4_o 3._o &_o 9_o 26_o 1_o pet._n 1._o 20_o 20_o 1_o kin._n 5._o 17_o &_o 6._o 37._o &_o 7._o 9_o 10_o ezr._n 4._o 13._o &_o 6._o 3._o ps_n 137._o 7._o ezech._n 41._o 8._o hag._n 2._o 8._o zech._n 4_o 9_o &_o 8_o 9_o mat._n 7._o 26_o 27_o luke_n 6._o 48_o 49._o 49._o isa_n 28._o 16._o &_o 54._o 11._o ps_n 87._o 1_o 1_o cor._n 3._o 10_o 11_o 12._o heb._n 11._o 10._o 1_o pet._n 2._o 6_o rev._n 21._o 14._o 19_o 19_o 2_o tim._n 1._o 19_o heb._n 6._o 1._o 2._o 2._o jer._n 50._o 15_o mic_n 1._o 6_o 7_o luke_n 6._o 48_o 49_o matt._n 7._o 26_o 27_o 27_o lilburn_n try_v and_o cast_v p._n 39_o 142._o to_o 148_o 154._o caâ—â—es_o voice_n from_o the_o temple_n which_o perswadeâ—_n the_o subversion_n and_o abolish_n of_o all_o former_a law_n especial_o for_o tithe_n and_o minister_n support_v support_v sâ—e_v the_o government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n artie_n 3._o 12._o 21._o 22_o 24_o â—7_n 28_o 29_o 30_o 31_o 32_o 38_o 39_o 41._o 41._o 2_o theâ—â—_n 2._o 4._o 4._o see_v exact_a collect._n and_o a_o general_n collection_n of_o all_o ordinance_n etc._n etc._n etc._n sâ—e_a culpeper_n and_o tilly_n murlin_n and_o almanac_n john_n cannes_n voice_n lilb_n try_v and_o cast_v with_o many_o petition_n and_o pamphlet_n against_o the_o law_n and_o lawyer_n the_o order_n of_o aug._n 19_o 1653._o that_o there_o shall_v be_v a_o committee_n select_v to_o consider_v of_o a_o new_a body_n of_o the_o law_n for_o the_o government_n of_o this_o commonwealth_n commonwealth_n exod._n 21._o 6._o 6._o summumjus_n est_fw-la summa_fw-la injuria_fw-la cic._n de_fw-fr officiis_n p._n 611._o 611._o lilbourn_n try_v and_o cast_v p._n 39_o 40_o 142_o to_o 148_o and_o elsewhere_o john_n cannesâ—_n â—_z voice_n from_o the_o temple_n john_n rogers_n mene_n tekel_n perez_n p._n 6._o lily_n and_o culpeper_n in_o their_o prognostication_n an._n 1653_o &_o 1654._o see_v the_o army_n proposal_n see_v the_o 1_o and_o 6_o proposition_n in_o cap._n 2._o 2._o see_v the_o government_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n artiâ—_n 12._o the_o writ_n and_o print_a return_n for_o new_a â—lections_n and_o enforce_v new_a test_n and_o engagement_n impose_v on_o the_o three_o kingdom_n and_o new_a member_n seclude_v mâ—â—â—_n of_o they_o see_v proposition_n 1._o in_o ch_z 2._o nota._n nota._n o_o how_o be_v they_o now_o degenerate_v degenerate_v and_o shall_v they_o not_o be_v so_o now_o then_o then_o and_o shall_v we_o now_o at_o last_o fail_v herein_o herein_o how_o dare_v then_o any_o self_n create_v power_n who_o be_v neither_o king_n nor_o parliament_n now_o arrogate_v to_o themselves_o or_o exercise_v such_o a_o super-reg_n all_o arbitrary_a power_n and_o prerogative_n against_o all_o our_o law_n and_o theâ—â—_n own_o instrument_n and_o oath_n nota._n nota._n and_o oh_o that_o we_o will_v follow_v it_o now_o again_o both_o in_o and_o out_o of_o parliament_n nota._n nota._n see_v the_o whitehall_v ordinance_n for_o the_o six_o month_n contribution_n excise_n till_o 1656._o tonnage_n &_o poundage_n till_o 1658._o beyond_o all_o precedent_n in_o any_o 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proposit_n 1_o 2._o 3._o 3._o do_v not_o the_o army_n officer_n now_o enforce_v they_o to_o all_o this_o without_o a_o parliament_n to_o support_v their_o usurp_a new_a power_n and_o possession_n and_o establish_v themselves_o in_o a_o most_o absolute_a sovereignty_n over_o our_o three_o kingdom_n nota._n nota._n these_o expostulation_n reach_v to_o they_o at_o whitehall_n now_o who_o presume_v to_o impose_v tax_n custom_n excise_n and_o make_v bind_v law_n and_o instrument_n for_o our_o whole_a 3_o kingdom_n nation_n parliament_n which_o no_o king_n there_o ever_o do_v in_o like_a nature_n nor_o their_o chancel_n in_o any_o age_n age_n see_v the_o true_a state_n of_o the_o case_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o england_n etc._n etc._n p._n 33_o 34._o 34._o exact_a collect_n p._n 888._o 888._o a_o collection_n of_o all_o public_a order_n ordinance_n and_o declaration_n of_o parliament_n p._n 451_o 452_o 457_o 458._o 458._o how_o have_v other_o of_o late_a which_o they_o style_v parliament_n be_v convene_v convene_v yet_o forcible_o dissolve_v by_o the_o army_n and_o some_o now_o in_o power_n against_o their_o commission_n oath_n trust_n protestation_n covenant_n and_o a_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o their_o continuance_n who_o may_v do_v well_o to_o peruse_v this_o clause_n see_v c._n 2._o proposition_n 6_o 7._o 7._o a_o collection_n etc._n etc._n p._n 504._o 504._o a_o collection_n etc._n etc._n p._n 877_o 878_o 879._o 879._o and_o be_v not_o all_o this_o now_o prove_v a_o real_a experimental_a truth_n in_o some_o of_o these_o remonstrant_n to_o their_o shame_n shame_n and_o can_v most_o of_o these_o remonstrant_n in_o late_a or_o present_a power_n now_o say_v this_o in_o truth_n or_o realty_n and_o must_v not_o they_o be_v utter_o ashamed_a confound_v before_o god_n and_o man_n when_o they_o consider_v how_o they_o have_v dissemble_v prevaricate_v with_o god_n and_o man_n herein_o in_o each_o particular_a particular_a and_o
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of_o ship-money_n brief_o discuss_v p._n 2._o etc._n etc._n england_n birth_n right_a &_o their_o treatise_n the_o declaration_n of_o sir_n thomas_n fairfax_n and_o the_o army_n under_o his_o command_n tender_v to_o the_o parliament_n june_n 14._o 1647._o concern_v the_o just_a and_o fundamental_a right_n and_o liberty_n of_o the_o kingdom_n kingdom_n walsingham_n stow_n holinsh_v speed_v grasion_n trussel_n baker_n in_o 5_o r._n 2._o john_n stow_n survey_n of_o london_n p._n 89._o to_o 103_o mr._n st._n john_n argument_n at_o law_n at_o strafford_n attainller_n p._n 14._o 14._o the_o statute_n at_o large_a stow_z holinsh_v speed_v grafton_n baker_n trussel_n in_o 10_o &_o 21_o r._n 2._o &_o 1_o h._n 4._o m._n st._n john_n speech_n concern_v the_o shipmoney_n judge_n p._n 28._o to_o 37._o and_o argument_n at_o law_n at_o strafford_n attainder_n attainder_n as_o some_o of_o late_a year_n have_v do_v do_v m._n st._n john_n argument_n at_o law_n at_o strafford_n attainder_n p._n 13_o 14_o 17._o 17._o hall_n fabian_n holinsh_v speed_v graftoâ—_n stow_n martin_n baker_n baker_n and_o have_v not_o other_o of_o late_o assume_v to_o themselves_o more_o royal_a power_n than_o he_o resolve_v to_o be_v treason_n by_o 21._o â—_o 3._o rot._n parl._n &_o cook_n 3_o institut_n p_o 9_o 9_o to_o wit_n by_o cade_n and_o his_o confederate_n for_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o law_n law_n see_v mr._n st._n john_n argument_n against_o strafford_n p._n 17._o hall_n chronicle_n and_o holinsh_v holinsh_v cook_n 3._o institutes_n p._n 9_o 10._o 10._o cook_n 4._o institutes_n c._n 8._o p._n 89._o to_o 96._o 96._o see_v speed_n hollinshed_n grafton_n stow_n antiquitates_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la brit._n p._n 378._o &_o 379._o and_o godwin_n in_o his_o life_n life_n mr._n st._n john_n argument_n against_o strafford_n p._n 14_o 15._o 15._o cook_n 3_o instit_n c._n 1._o p._n 9_o 10._o mr._n st._n john_n argument_n at_o law_n against_o strafford_n p_o 15_o 16._o 16._o see_v the_o journal_o of_o both_o 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government_n than_o in_o these_o these_o have_v not_o arbitrary_a committee_n in_o most_o place_n do_v the_o like_a or_o worse_o in_o many_o case_n case_n have_v not_o other_o do_v the_o like_a in_o a_o high_a degree_n degree_n see_v the_o commons_o and_o lord_n journal_o diurnal_a occurrence_n p._n 15_o 16_o 19_o 37_o 191_o to_o 264._o and_o mr._n st_n john_n speech_n at_o a_o conference_n of_o both_o house_n of_o parliament_n concern_v ship_n money_n &_o these_o judge_n togegether_o with_o the_o speech_n of_o mr_n hide_v mr._n waller_n m._n peâ—rpoint_n m_o denzill_n hollis_n at_o their_o impeachment_n july_n 6._o 1641._o aggravate_v their_o offence_n in_o diurnal_a occurrence_n and_o speech_n p._n 237_o to_o 264._o 264._o now_o other_o presume_v to_o do_v it_o without_o writ_n of_o consult_v with_o the_o judge_n who_o condemn_v it_o in_o they_o see_v c._n 2_o proposition_n 1._o 1._o have_v not_o other_o ben_z sole_z judges_z of_o it_o and_o other_o pretend_a danger_n since_o nota._n 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