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inquire_v into_o the_o affair_n have_v only_a proformâ_fw-la and_o as_o it_o be_v for_o his_o credit_n inâ—…ted_v on_o that_o article_n comment_fw-fr or_o acquiâ—…ing_v in_o the_o retroact_v of_o the_o dutch_a whereby_o they_o offer_v to_o justify_v the_o procedure_n the_o which_o retroact_n be_v print_v in_o quarto_n 1633._o and_o disprove_v by_o the_o east-india_n company_n at_o the_o same_o time_n those_o retroact_n be_v no_o secret_a in_o this_o nation_n be_v publish_v verbatim_o with_o the_o answer_n they_o which_o first_o urge_v the_o article_n be_v not_o ignorant_a thereof_o and_o cromwell_n himself_o be_v satisfy_v with_o the_o illegality_n of_o the_o action_n until_o he_o abandon_v the_o regard_n of_o his_o conscience_n to_o those_o of_o his_o ambition_n and_o interest_n o_o mite_n diomedis_n equi_fw-la busiridis_n arae_n clemâ—…es_v jam_fw-la cinna_n pius_fw-la jam_fw-la spaâ—…ace_fw-la lenis_fw-la cuâ—…_n batavis_fw-la collatus_fw-la cris_fw-la finis_fw-la m._n schoockius_n de_fw-fr imperio_fw-la maritimo_fw-la c_o 30._o urgeâ—…t_n apud_fw-la pleâ—…em_fw-la cultum_fw-la cujusdam_fw-la divae_fw-la quae_fw-la