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district_n of_o dorten_n and_o the_o county_n of_o arescot_n nor_o have_v reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o disposition_n of_o they_o in_o favour_n of_o other_o the_o same_o godfrey_n consent_v to_o a_o donation_n which_o gerard_n his_o son_n of_o the_o second_o bed_n have_v make_v to_o the_o abbey_n of_o everbode_v 131._o butkens_n fol._n 131._o of_o certain_a land_n situate_v in_o the_o parish_n of_o tessenderlo_n and_o he_o himself_o give_v to_o the_o abbot_n of_o st._n sepulcher_n at_o cambray_n certain_a land_n situate_v in_o the_o land_n of_o bierbeeck_n for_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o provostrie_a which_o he_o can_v not_o have_v do_v to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o former_a bed_n if_o the_o devolution_n may_v have_v take_v place_n in_o relation_n to_o sovereign_n and_o if_o this_o right_n have_v be_v a_o true_a succession_n nevertheless_o the_o say_a donation_n have_v remain_v inviolable_a without_o the_o intervening_a consent_n of_o henry_n and_o without_o be_v subject_n to_o any_o recovery_n either_o on_o his_o part_n or_o his_o successor_n the_o same_o trophy_n of_o butkens_n will_v furnish_v we_o with_o other_o example_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o by_o consequence_n and_o necessary_a induction_n show_v that_o neither_o prince_n nor_o their_o sovereignty_n be_v ever_o subject_a to_o this_o particular_a rule_n nor_o that_o in_o reference_n to_o they_o the_o pretend_a sentence_n of_o the_o emperor_n henry_n be_v put_v in_o practice_n but_o let_v we_o come_v to_o the_o donation_n of_o the_o low-countries_n make_v by_o philip_n the_o second_o in_o favour_n of_o the_o infanta_n isabel_n all_o its_o clause_n and_o all_o its_o circumstance_n be_v direct_o oppose_v to_o the_o right_n of_o devolution_n philip_n the_o second_o can_v not_o have_v give_v what_o be_v not_o his_o own_o a_o donation_n suppose_v the_o propriety_n to_o be_v in_o he_o who_o give_v the_o consent_n of_o the_o prince_n his_o son_n will_v not_o have_v be_v require_v nor_o aught_o to_o have_v be_v pass_v as_o afterward_o it_o be_v on_o the_o 6._o of_o may_v 1598._o if_o the_o right_n of_o the_o succession_n and_o of_o the_o propriety_n have_v be_v full_o devolve_v to_o the_o infanta_n his_o sister_n this_o donation_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o devolution_n and_o also_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o a_o three_o person_n will_v not_o have_v be_v receive_v in_o that_o quality_n by_o all_o the_o estate_n as_o it_o be_v the_o 21._o of_o august_n of_o the_o same_o year_n philip_n can_v not_o have_v assign_v they_o in_o portion_n to_o his_o daughter_n as_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o do_v by_o the_o same_o act_n and_o that_o the_o archduke_n albert_n accept_v and_o possess_v they_o by_o this_o title_n to_o get_v out_o of_o this_o bad_a way_n they_o have_v recourse_n to_o two_o shift_n which_o serve_v only_o but_o to_o discover_v their_o weakness_n they_o acknowledge_v that_o philip_n give_v these_o