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and_o here_o be_v also_o a_o concurrence_n of_o the_o whole_a diett_n although_o charles_n the_o five_o proscribe_v great_a john_n frederick_n and_o the_o lantsgrave_n who_o never_o plead_v that_o in_o bar_n that_o they_o be_v not_o just_o condemn_v because_o not_o by_o their_o peer_n but_o let_v the_o law_n itself_o determine_v the_o question_n first_o for_o his_o dignity_n there_o be_v no_o doubt_n to_o be_v make_v by_o the_o feudal_a constitution_n for_o by_o aurea_fw-la bulla_fw-la it_o be_v forfeit_v tit._n 1._o and_o 10._o the_o which_o be_v make_v by_o carolus_n the_o four_o imper._n ex_fw-la communi_fw-la omnium_fw-la at_o singulorum_fw-la electorum_fw-la et_fw-la multorum_fw-la s._n imperij_fw-la romani_fw-la principum_fw-la comitum_fw-la nobilium_fw-la ac_fw-la fidelium_fw-la concilio_fw-la et_fw-la consensu_fw-la and_o by_o farinaecius_n qu._n 116._o num_fw-la 72._o and_o all_o lawyer_n agree_v that_o for_o rebellion_n they_o lose_v all_o feuda_n old_a and_o new_a inheritance_n and_o expacto_fw-la both_o father_n and_o son_n so_o gigas_fw-la l._n 3._o q._n 4._o hernia_n farinaccius_n de_fw-fr crimine_fw-la laesae_fw-la maâ—estatis_fw-la q._n 116_o num_fw-la 80._o molina_n l._n 4._o c._n 11