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etc._n will_v be_v secure_v now_o p._n 529._o he_o
quote_v barclay_n l._n 3._o c._n 16._o p._n 212._o saying_n that_o a_o prince_n seek_v the_o ruin_n of_o his_o people_n be_v no_o long_o king._n see_v omni_fw-la dominatu_fw-la &_o principatu_fw-la exuit_fw-la atque_fw-la ipso_fw-la jure_fw-la sive_fw-la ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la rex_fw-la esse_fw-la desiit_fw-la l._n 6._o c._n 23._o with_o who_o he_o join_v grotius_n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o n._n 11._o si_fw-mi rex_fw-la veer_fw-la hostili_fw-la animo_fw-la in_o exitium_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la feratur_fw-la to_o resist_v such_o a_o one_o be_v not_o to_o resist_v a_o sovereign_a king_n but_o he_o who_o cease_v to_o be_v such_o consistere_fw-la simul_fw-la non_fw-la possunt_fw-la voluntas_fw-la imperandi_fw-la &_o voluntas_fw-la perdendi_fw-la quare_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la hostem_fw-la totius_fw-la populi_fw-la profitetur_fw-la eo_fw-la ipso_fw-la abdicat_fw-la regnum_fw-la and_o p._n 531._o falkner_n say_v on_o yield_v such_o supposition_n to_o be_v true_a i_o shall_v grant_v the_o 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