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but_o i_o can_v show_v you_o not_o only_o the_o unreasonableness_n but_o also_o the_o unpracticableness_n of_o this_o supposition_n first_o its_o unreasonableness_n since_o you_o be_v very_o much_o mistake_v to_o allege_v that_o the_o whole_a nation_n by_o that_o act_n of_o recognition_n to_o king_n james_n oblige_v themselves_o and_o their_o posterity_n to_o he_o and_o his_o right_a heir_n it_o be_v true_a they_o there_o tell_v he_o that_o they_o make_v that_o recognition_n as_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o their_o loyalty_n and_o faith_n to_o he_o and_o his_o royal_a progeny_n and_o posterity_n for_o ever_o and_o also_o when_o they_o have_v acknowledge_v he_o to_o be_v just_o and_o lawful_o next_o and_o sole_a heir_n of_o the_o blood_n royal_a of_o this_o realm_n and_o that_o they_o thereunto_o submit_v and_o oblige_v themselves_o their_o heir_n and_o posterity_n for_o ever_o etc._n etc._n there_o be_v no_o more_o mean_v or_o express_v in_o all_o this_o than_o that_o the_o whole_a 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