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have_v direct_v all_o their_o action_n for_o to_o effectuate_v all_o their_o abovesaid_a design_n by_o all_o the_o which_o drift_n and_o practice_n it_o may_v be_v see_v as_o in_o a_o mirror_n with_o how_o much_o misprision_n they_o have_v most_o unworthy_o abuse_v the_o king_n of_o great_a britain_n and_o certes_o he_o have_v desire_v much_o that_o it_o may_v have_v pass_v in_o silence_n but_o since_o that_o murder_n and_o slander_n be_v the_o two_o instrument_n whereof_o the_o adherent_n of_o the_o contrary_a party_n make_v use_n utter_o to_o overthrow_v the_o prince_n palatine_n and_o his_o friend_n it_o be_v inevitable_o necessary_a to_o represent_v and_o demonstrate_v all_o that_o which_o be_v before_o write_v by_o this_o brief_a information_n the_o murder_n be_v see_v by_o all_o the_o world_n and_o the_o calumny_n and_o slander_n be_v make_v to_o sound_v in_o the_o care_n of_o every_o one_o in_o accuse_v the_o say_a prince_n and_o his_o friend_n of_o thing_n whereof_o they_o 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country_n of_o his_o people_n finis_fw-la
intemperiem_fw-la in_o s._n romano_n imperio_fw-la pracavendam_fw-la ambas_fw-la litigantes_fw-la part_n in_o consueto_fw-la judicio_fw-la audiemus_fw-la neque_fw-la cniquam_fw-la per_fw-la mittemus_fw-la sub_fw-la quocunque_fw-la rei_fw-la praetextu_fw-la etiam_fw-la illud_fw-la fieri_fw-la posset_n ut_fw-la alter_fw-la ab_fw-la altero_fw-la rapinis_fw-la bellis_fw-la alijsque_fw-la incommodatibus_fw-la infestetur_fw-la vel_fw-la obruatur_fw-la articulo_fw-la 26._o debemus_fw-la et_fw-la volumus_fw-la etiam_fw-la praâ—aâ—ere_fw-la et_fw-la nullo_n molo_fw-la committere_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o posterum_fw-la quisquam_fw-la tam_fw-la superioris_fw-la quam_fw-la inferior_a be_v sortis_fw-la homines_fw-la hloctores_fw-la principes_fw-la vil_fw-mi alii_fw-la ordires_fw-la absque_fw-la causa_fw-la inauditi_fw-la proscribantur_fw-la sed_fw-la multo_fw-la magiâ—_n in_o illic_fw-la casibus_fw-la ordinarii_fw-la processas_fw-la et_fw-la s._n romani_fw-la imperii_fw-la constitutiones_fw-la ex_fw-la praescripto_fw-la eiusdem_fw-la imperii_fw-la anno_fw-la c.m.d.l.x._n reformatae_fw-la imperialis_fw-la camerae_fw-la et_fw-la subsecuti_fw-la comitiâ—rum_fw-la recessus_fw-la ordinario_fw-la legitimoque_fw-la modo_fw-la obseruentur_fw-la attamen_fw-la ut_fw-la laesae_fw-la parti_fw-la iuxta_fw-la pacis_fw-la provincialis_fw-la requisita_fw-la legitima_fw-la sua_fw-la defensio_fw-la reseruetur_fw-la exit_fw-la articulo_fw-la 38._o svi_fw-la sutem_fw-la contra_fw-la modo_fw-la commemoritos_fw-la articulos_fw-la &_o punctae_fw-la aliquid_fw-la susceptum_fw-la vel_fw-la molitum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la illud_fw-la nullum_fw-la irritum_fw-la atque_fw-la tnualidum_fw-la pronuntiamus_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la etiamea_fw-la omne_fw-la iam_fw-la â—emelpro_fw-la semper_fw-la irrita_fw-la atque_fw-la invalida_fw-la pronuâ—tiamus_fw-la et_fw-la urgenie_n necessitate_v oneratae_fw-la gravataeque_fw-la parti_fw-la literis_fw-la testimontasibus_fw-la succurrere_fw-la non_fw-la gravabimur_fw-la exit_fw-la articulo_fw-la 39_o et_fw-fr in_o rebus_fw-la seriis_fw-la sacrum_n romanum_fw-la imperium_fw-la concernentibus_fw-la mox_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la corundem_fw-la electorum_fw-la consiâ—â—um_fw-la et_fw-la considerationes_fw-la minime_fw-la aspernabimur_fw-la articulo_fw-la 42._o qvo_fw-la melâ—us_fw-la etiam_fw-la â—am_fw-la intimum_fw-la quam_fw-la imperio_fw-la aulicum_fw-la consilium_fw-la huius_fw-la capitulationis_fw-la certieres_n reddantur_fw-la et_fw-la iux_fw-la ta_fw-la iliam_fw-la in_fw-la consilâ—â—s_fw-la et_fw-la alius_fw-la etiam_fw-la actiones_fw-la svas_fw-la inslituere_fw-la queant_fw-la idcirco_fw-la non_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la â—â—us_fw-la rei_fw-la ipsos_fw-la certiores_fw-la reddemus_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la sub_fw-la praestando_fw-la officiaâ—â—_n svo_fw-la iuramento_fw-la ipsis_fw-la serio_fw-la iniungemus_fw-la ut_fw-la eandem_fw-la capitulaâ—ionem_fw-la assidue_fw-la in_fw-la oculis_fw-la quasi_fw-la circumferant_fw-la nec_fw-la contra_fw-la illam_fw-la sua_fw-la forsitan_fw-la consilio_fw-la conferant_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la commemorato_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la official_a iuramento_fw-la expressis_fw-la verbis_fw-la niseri_fw-la curabimus_fw-la articulo_fw-la 43._o et_fw-la hec_fw-la omne_fw-la et_fw-la quodlibet_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_o specie_fw-la nos_fw-la supra_fw-la memoratus_fw-la romanorum_fw-la rex_fw-la dictis_fw-la s._n romani_fw-la imp._n electoribus_fw-la sub_fw-la verbis_fw-la nostris_fw-la regiis_fw-la nomine_fw-la veritatis_fw-la promisimus_fw-la atque_fw-la tenore_fw-la presentium_fw-la literarum_fw-la eadem_fw-la nostra_fw-la verba_fw-la regius_fw-la seruanda_fw-la corporaliad_n deum_fw-la et_fw-la saint_n s._n euangelium_fw-la praestito_fw-la iuramento_fw-la confirmanimus_fw-la neque_fw-la eadem_fw-la ullo_fw-la modo_fw-la qualiscunque_fw-la etiam_fw-la excogitari_fw-la possess_n violabiâ—us_a in_o fidem_fw-la praemissorum_fw-la sex_n istas_fw-la una_fw-la forma_fw-la et_fw-la stylâ—_n ex_fw-la aratasliteras_fw-la regio_fw-la nostro_fw-la sigillo_fw-la confirmavimus_fw-la et_fw-la unas_fw-la singuiis_fw-la electoribus_fw-la tradi_fw-la curavimus_fw-la quae_fw-la dabantur_fw-la 28._o augusti_fw-la anno_fw-la a_o partu_fw-la virgineo_fw-la domini_fw-la &_o saluatoris_fw-la jesu_fw-la christi_fw-la m.d.xix_o regnorum_fw-la nostroâ—um_fw-la romani_fw-la primo_fw-la et_fw-la hungaricâ—_n secundo_fw-la et_fw-la bohemici_n tertio_fw-la all_o the_o other_o article_n of_o the_o say_a capitulation_n do_v contain_v also_o condition_n and_o promise_n so_o advantageous_a unto_o the_o elector_n prince_n and_o estate_n of_o the_o empire_n that_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o make_v as_o much_o as_o any_o one_o of_o they_o valuable_a or_o of_o force_n to_o cloak_v or_o palliate_v the_o lest_o that_o may_v be_v of_o the_o injustice_n of_o the_o say_a proscription_n except_o that_o any_o one_o will_v hold_v and_o maintain_v that_o the_o solemn_a oath_n madeby_o his_o majesty_n imperial_a in_o the_o confirmation_n 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