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answer_v to_o matheus_n tortus_fw-la advise_v his_o majesty_n to_o grant_v liberty_n of_o conscience_n have_v these_o word_n pag._n 81.82_o integrum_fw-la jam_fw-la hoc_fw-la illi_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la nam_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la ea_fw-la qua_fw-la decet_fw-la reverentia_fw-la dictum_fw-la volo_fw-la non_fw-la semel_fw-la perjurus_fw-la sit_fw-la sed_fw-la bis_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la audiat_fw-la qua_fw-la enim_fw-la siqua_fw-la est_fw-la fidei_fw-la bis_fw-la datae_fw-la conscientia_fw-la vel_fw-la conscientia_fw-la vel_fw-la fide_fw-la ferret_n in_o regnis_fw-la suis_fw-la ritus_fw-la vestros_fw-la vel_fw-la usum_fw-la eorum_fw-la publicum_fw-la qui_fw-la suscepta_fw-la primum_fw-la scotiae_fw-la suscepta_fw-la dein_fw-ge angliae_fw-la corona_fw-la regius_fw-la utrobique_fw-la solenni_fw-la ritu_fw-la jusâ—â—râ—ndum_fw-la deo_fw-la praestitit_fw-la de_fw-la conservanda_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la svo_fw-la illa_fw-la colendi_fw-la dei_fw-la formula_fw-la nec_fw-la alia_fw-la 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