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hereditary_a and_o absolute_a it_o be_v astonish_v to_o consider_v say_v our_o author_n p._n 48._o how_o he_o free_a and_o rich_a people_n for_o so_o the_o dane_n be_v former_o shall_v be_v persuade_v entire_o to_o part_v with_o their_o liberty_n it_o be_v more_o astonish_n to_o i_o to_o see_v a_o man_n write_v without_o consider_v for_o in_o what_o do_v these_o former_a riches_n consist_v in_o a_o country_n exhaust_v by_o the_o tax_n p._n 50._o or_o in_o the_o want_n of_o money_n to_o discharge_v the_o arrear_n due_a to_o the_o army_n p._n 49._o or_o in_o the_o misery_n attend_v the_o war_n ibid._n which_o have_v in_o a_o manner_n ruin_v the_o people_n in_o the_o next_o place_n where_o be_v their_o freedom_n when_o the_o senator_n otto_n craeg_n tell_v the_o commons_n p._n 52._o they_o be_v no_o other_o than_o slave_n and_o these_o very_a word_n make_v they_o deliberate_v how_o to_o get_v rid_v of_o such_o a_o odious_a name_n and_o character_n last_o how_o be_v they_o persuade_v 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