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11._o when_o he_o have_v make_v himself_o a_o pair_n of_o iron_n horn_n smite_v micaiah_n the_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o say_v have_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n leave_v i_o and_o come_v to_o thou_o thus_o have_v now_o exclude_v all_o other_o they_o reign_v in_o council_n alone_o and_o have_v the_o sole_a right_n of_o suffrage_n and_o so_o make_v and_o divulge_v such_o law_n as_o the_o ephesian_n do_v of_o old_a let_v no_o man_n say_v they_o who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wise_a than_o the_o rest_n presume_v to_o live_v here_o upon_o pain_n of_o banishment_n and_o transportation_n for_o these_o man_n will_v hear_v none_o of_o we_o 1551._o about_o ten_o year_n since_o in_o the_o late_a council_n at_o trent_n the_o ambassador_n of_o the_o prince_n of_o germany_n and_o of_o the_o free_a town_n who_o come_v thither_o that_o they_o may_v be_v hear_v be_v exclude_v out_o of_o the_o assembly_n and_o deny_v the_o liberty_n of_o speech_n for_o the_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n 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